I think there's been an increase.
I'm going to take this opportunity to make a comment on what Mr. St-Cyr just said. He's a bit put off by the fact that the acceptance rate is only 42%. However, in the department where I work, we believe that we mustn't accept or reject people arbitrarily, but that we have to enforce the law. In Canada, a very large number of refugee claimants should not be accepted. The act is designed in such a way that it is very easy for a person arriving in Canada to file a claim. In view of these circumstances, we don't consider an acceptance rate of 42% unreasonable.
In addition, we're starting to receive increasing numbers of claims from countries such as Mexico. Honestly, the Government of Canada does not believe that the way in which the Mexican government deals with its citizens is consistent with what is defined in the Refugee Convention. What is very different now is that increasing numbers of claimants should not be accepted. These are in fact economic refugees, not convention refugees.