Citizenship and Immigration committee  Distinguished gentlemen, honourable Chair Borys, committee members, and honoured guests. I am honoured to be here. Thank you for this opportunity to speak at the CIMM meeting on the situation of the Yazidi refugees in Turkey, Syria, and Greece and of the IDP in northern Iraq. I

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think, as you said about the IDPs, especially who are in northern Iraq, you can help, but at the same time, they should not deal just with the government. The aid that goes to the government doesn't reach the people who need it.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, humanitarian aid, medical aid. You can send teams—we have many in Canada and in the U.S.—or work with other NGOs to make sure that the aid actually reaches the people. We have many people, and they scream. Some of them don't have two meals a day. On the other hand, all is po

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There is a lot of corruption.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's right, yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We suggest that, whether you are in Canada, the U.S., or Europe, you work with the community here, in the U.S., or in Europe. Most of them are Canadian citizens, U.S. citizens, or European citizens, so they can go there. We are willing and more than happy to be volunteers with Ca

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The situation is not safe. The problem is, when Canadian officials or the U.S. officials or whoever goes there, they are accompanied by security forces, military. You are asking me if everything is okay, but there are four armed men behind you pointing a gun at me, so what do you

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The humanitarian aid should be sent directly...they should work with the individual community, whether Yazidi, Assyrian, Baha'i, Kakais, and work with northern Iraq to make sure that aid reaches the people who need it.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, 100%.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have the evidence on some of the UN papers with me, and as I said I am willing to show anybody—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's the UN papers. At the initial meeting, they give them a certain amount of months or years—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  For example, now we have some families who are waiting and their next appointment is on July 7, 2022.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I have it with me.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The problem is that most of the UN staff, as sister Nadia said...the UN is not helping, because most of the UN staff are Muslims, and they don't like us. Unless we lie to ourselves, they don't like us. They don't treat us equally.