I will leave to others who have done more quantitative studying of what happens as we start to move different policy levers and they respond to each other, and I'll restrict my comments here to note that there is an interest at the global level in trying to expand resettlement capacity for two main reasons.
The first is that there are urgent lives at stake. When the international community as a whole doesn't come together to figure out how to protect those lives, desperate people start to move on their own. There is a widespread recognition that if channels aren't created—regularized, safe, available channels for people who are desperate to save their lives and protect their families—there will be increasing pressures on the other forms of movement. That is part of what's reflected in the global compact on refugees. You see states looking for solutions that will try to avoid the pressures that come with irregular forms of migration.
The second—and I really want to emphasize this—is that there is a small number of states in the world who are hosting the vast majority of the 25 million refugees. You've heard about this. I understand you've visited some of these places. There is an intense pressure in those countries on their systems, on their populations, on their communities, and they are looking for support from the international community to recognize that this is a global problem, a global challenge that needs global solutions. Resettlement is not only about creating channels, not only about saving lives, but also about participating as an active member of the international community and signalling solidarity with the states that are hosting the vast majority of the world's displaced persons.
Those are two main reasons to do resettlement generally. Now sponsorship, I would suggest to you, has a third benefit. The third benefit is this change in the hosting populations. We're not only resettling, but we're also supporting the communities who are welcoming the newcomers, and that over time changes the fabric of those communities and, eventually, of the countries in a way that supports the whole protection agenda, including for people who arrive through irregular channels.