Mr. Hy Shelow (Senior Protection Officer, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) at the Citizenship and Immigration Committee

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, members.

It is very difficult to answer a question like that until we understand more clearly what would be entailed in the collection of information during those eight days. The UNHCR conducts refugee status determination in 50 countries worldwide annually with hundreds of thousands and sometimes millions of people.