Salma Zahid at the Citizenship and Immigration Committee

On July 18th, 2016. See this statement in context.

July 18th, 2016 / 4:45 p.m.

Liberal

Salma Zahid Liberal Scarborough Centre, ON

Thank you, Chair.

I want to thank all of the witnesses for coming today.

My first question is for Ms. Macklin. How does the internationally accepted legal definition of refugees, which requires someone to have crossed an international border, complicate the ability of the international community to provide assistance to internally displaced persons, and how does lacking this legal refugee status endanger internally displaced persons?

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