Originally, it was through Global Affairs, and especially through IRCC. They had a list. Then, based on our government's policy that the then minister of immigration had announced, that's how they were triaged.
When we had to reinsert into the Kabul airport and re-establish security, you can imagine the chaos taking place at that time. Once we gave them the guidance and the direction and were feeding them information, then we had to rely on the folks on the ground to be able to triage. From what I understand, the security system was set up so they would meet folks as well. They had created their own RV point outside the airport, where the Afghan Sikhs were also at that time.
For anybody who was on a list, they were able to get them inside. That included interpreters, their families, the vulnerable groups and many others, including fixers for journalists. I remember those types of conversations taking place, and many others.
Just imagine this. They were trying to move as many people as possible to the RV point, and if they were on the list, they were trying to get them in as quickly as possible.