For the clients I have seen, it has become an extremely stressful situation to have your parents' ability to join you be the subject of a lottery. This is almost as though we're playing with people's lives.
What we are seeing is that people are really suffering, with their families not being able to join them and their parents not being able to be here to take care of their kids. It's been devastating in the past five years, with the very small numbers of people who can actually go through the system. It's unfair and it's unjust.
What we are suggesting is that we return to the first-come, first-served situation, and that we also increase the numbers, so that people can have some peace of mind that they've submitted their application and will be able to eventually somehow sponsor their parents.