Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Allow me to thank all the witnesses who have appeared before this committee today.
I have a lot of questions. I would like to start off with Mr. Burt, from the Department of National Defence.
Thank you for the statement you provided to us. You started off by saying that the situation in northern Iraq is very fluid and volatile, given that it is at the intersection of various conflicts.
One thing that caught my eye was a paragraph in which you said, “...the international community's resettlement efforts, while assisting the plight of refugees and other displaced persons, may also be used by various actors in northern Iraq to achieve their own political objectives.”
Could you explain to us the types of concerns you are relaying to us with that statement?