Citizenship and Immigration Committee on July 18th, 2016

Evidence of meeting #22 for Citizenship and Immigration in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was unhcr.

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On the agenda

Immigration Measures for the Protection of Vulnerable Groups

MPs speaking

Borys Wrzesnewskyj
Salma Zahid
Michelle Rempel
Jenny Kwan
Randeep Sarai
Ali Ehsassi
Arif Virani
Peter Fragiskatos
Marwan Tabbara

Also speaking

Heather Jeffrey  Director General, International Humanitarian Assistance, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
Robert Orr  Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Sarita Bhatla  Director General, Refugee Affairs, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Peter Kent  Thornhill, CPC
Michael Casasola  Officer in Charge in Canada, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

3 p.m.

Officer in Charge in Canada, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Michael Casasola

Correct. What I was referring to when I gave the 84% was the newly internally displaced in 2015. This would be in addition to internally displaced in other countries.

3 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Borys Wrzesnewskyj

Thank you for that clarification, and thank you so much for your work and your testimony before the committee today.

At this point, the meeting is adjourned.