Yes, our mandate is indeed to protect refugees against forced return to a country where their lives will be in danger. That's why we have been stressing to the Government of Somalia and the Government of Kenya—as acknowledged in the tripartite agreement and the recent IGAD meeting in March—that the voluntary nature of the return has to be assessed on an individual basis. This is very much what we are doing and therefore we are upholding, with the Government of Kenya, the principle of non-refoulement and upholding international refugee law in this respect.
This is why we organized, for example, the go-and-see visit by some refugees, who go back to their communities and discuss—assessing individually, at the level of the family—whether it's a time and place to return safely to, in a way that's conducive to a dignified and orderly return. In terms of the support, we support them both from Kenya and in Somalia. But I repeat that when you receive 6% of the funding required for the operation in Somalia, 2% for the operation in Kenya, and 0% of the funding required specifically in Kenya for the Somali population, you do understand that we are limited in what we can do in supporting their reintegration back in Somalia, for sure.
That's why I would completely concur with our two colleagues on this panel today that the stabilization of Somalia is absolutely key. Canada, as other countries, must play a role in providing stability from a security point of view, but very much also on the side of livelihood opportunities.