When it comes to resettlement referrals, the UNHCR gives, as a matter of priority, priority to the most vulnerable. But I think we also have to understand the environment in which the UNHCR is operating: 20 million refugees, of which the UNHCR has identified just over one million who are in need of resettlement, of which just over 100,000 are actually resettled in any given year by the countries that step up to do resettlement.
The problem is not a problem in identification of refugees to be resettled or of vulnerable refugees; the problem is to have states stand up and actually come forward and be prepared to do the resettlement.
The numbers are atrocious. One of the ways that Canada needs to take leadership is by, as we have done, taking leadership in resettlement. There's a global conference coming up in the UN this September at which Canada has an opportunity to challenge all governments to respond to those vulnerable people the UNHCR is putting forward; to have a distribution system whereby countries are required to take refugees for resettlement who are identified by the UNHCR.
UNHCR is working under an incredible burden of numbers, without an adequate budget to do its job—the funding is voluntary. There are many challenges, so it is easy to criticize them, saying that they're not doing a good enough job of identifying the most vulnerable, without taking a look at the numbers to see what their actual capacity is in that regard.
That doesn't even take us anywhere close to a conversation about identifying internally displaced people.