I would say clearly and absolutely not, for two reasons. First of all, the UNHCR has begun to do work in terms of identifying appropriate interviewing processes and interviewing questions. So there has been some work done; however, it's in a booklet on paper and it doesn't necessarily filter down to the person who is actually doing the interview. From that point of view, it's problematic. The second piece that we've heard from other witnesses as well is that the problem is how long it takes to get an interview, especially if you're looking at, for example, somebody who has gone from one hostile country to another having to wait two or three years even to get an interview. Solely using the UNHCR process is totally inadequate. I think the private sponsorship process is much more appropriate for the folks we see, without excluding the UNHCR process.
On July 19th, 2016. See this statement in context.