First of all, smuggling operations are typically undertaken by criminal organizations. In the particular case of the two vessels on the west coast, they were used by criminal organizations who used to be involved in running arms in a civil war. These are dangerous organizations. We know that either criminal or very dangerous groups facilitate this.
Secondly, people are knowingly entering the country illegally. They're paying a criminal network to come here. I think that shows a certain amount of bad faith on their part, to say the least. They're not seeking to come through the normal means of acquiring a visa.
Finally, they typically destroy their documents. We need to be able to identify who they are, without constantly spending all of our resources on repetitive detention reviews.
I should underscore that smuggled migrants will still have access to the asylum system. If they are deemed to need Canada's protection they will be released from detention. Under the faster timelines in our new system that will typically happen two to three months after the referral of their case.