Group resettlement is an administrative operation we put in place with the UNHCR when we're talking about large numbers of people from a specific camp. I'll use the Bhutanese as an example.
It's something we've only ever done with other countries; it's not something we do alone. Eight countries decided to remove close to 70,000 of the 100,000 Bhutanese refugees that had been living in a specific camp since 1990. The Bhutanese all left Bhutan at the same time for the same reason, all ended up in the same place in Nepal, and all stayed there. There had been no movement in and out.
Under normal circumstances the UNHCR or a private sponsor provides us with a very long form--20 to 30 pages--on the refugee's story. With group resettlement, we told the UNHCR we would take 5,000 of those 70,000. Rather than asking them to give us 5,000 forms of 30 pages each, because we knew the 5,000 were part of a complete, comprehensive census and we had received the complete census, we asked for a shorter form.
Instead of going to the camps in Nepal two to four times a year to do a few at a time, Canada goes in once a year to interview 1,000 people at a time with these shorter forms. The arrivals are staggered. It's not faster; it's just a way to use our resources more effectively. Eight countries are in the camp, and we can't all use the generators at the same time, so we take turns going in.
With regard to the 200 Ugandans, group resettlement is something we use when we have an identified group. We have physical identification. We know who they are and where they are, and nobody else is going to pretend to be those people. When we don't know where they are....