Thank you very much, Mr. Wrzesnewskyj. We share something in common: a difficult last name.
Thank you very much for appearing today, Mr. Casasola.
You have great experience in this area, and I don't need to tell you that vulnerable people flee, whether they're refugees or IDPs. They flee in irregular and unpredictable ways. They could arrive by boat, as Tamil migrants did a number of years back.
I want to ask you about a 2012 policy. The irregular arrivals policy that the government at the time put in place treated arrivals in a particular way. For instance, the full implications of this were and are that irregular arrivals are banned from applying for permanent residency, even if they are accepted as refugees. They are banned from sponsoring family members, including spouses. They are subject to mandatory detention and investigation, and there is no appeal process permitted.
Given the very grave situation facing the world right now with so many displaced peoples—we're talking about record numbers, 60 million plus people—what would the implications be if other states put that measure in place in their laws? Is that a way to move forward in a meaningful fashion with vulnerable peoples?