Canada has had two strategies. The first strategy began in 2017 or 2018, in response to the Bob Rae report on the situation of the Rohingya. Canada has been sending a lot of money to support Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. There are organizations Canada funds that support migrants in Thailand as well.
What we want to see is more support for these migrants. We need more recognition that the situation of migrants and refugees is not one dimensional, that refugees and migrants fleeing conflict are themselves impacted in different ways and that local organizations that work along the border areas need significant supports in order to help these migrants.
Entire families of migrants are developing along the borders. There's a need for education. There's a need for health. There's a need for development assistance. It would be critical for supporters to provide people along the borders with assistance so they can develop, especially young people who are out of school, out of work or growing up in these conditions.