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Citizenship and Immigration committee Thank you, Chair. Thank you for all the work you are doing for the internally displaced people and for the refugees. As you mentioned, with 68.5 million forcefully displaced people worldwide, resettlement is not an answer, and this issue cannot be solved through resettlement.
September 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Salma Zahid
Citizenship and Immigration committee You mentioned in your comments that you have assessed that 1.4 million need to be resettled. Are they from one geographical area?
September 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Salma Zahid
Citizenship and Immigration committee Does it include more women and girls in this number, specifically?
September 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Salma Zahid
Citizenship and Immigration committee How do you deal with the safety and health concerns while people are travelling and when they are in the host countries?
September 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Salma Zahid
Citizenship and Immigration committee Thank you, Chair.
September 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Salma Zahid
Citizenship and Immigration committee Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Mr. Wex, for coming today. Congratulations on your recent appointment. We look forward to working with you. You have been in a senior executive leadership role for the operation Syrian refugees program, a national project that welcomed over 25,000
October 2nd, 2018Committee meeting
Salma Zahid
Citizenship and Immigration committee While working at IRCC and while you were working with CBSA, you had the opportunity to work with the IRB. How do you think these three organizations can interact with each other? What lessons have you learned while working with the IRB will you be implementing now at the IRB?
October 2nd, 2018Committee meeting
Salma Zahid
Citizenship and Immigration committee Thank you, Chair.
October 2nd, 2018Committee meeting
Salma Zahid
Citizenship and Immigration committee No, that's fine.
October 2nd, 2018Committee meeting
Salma Zahid
Citizenship and Immigration committee Thank you, Chair, and I would like to thank both the witnesses for their presentations today as we go through our study. My first question is for Ms. Atak. You have spoken about how negative public policy can drive a culture of suspicion among asylum seekers and refugees, and yo
October 4th, 2018Committee meeting
Salma Zahid
Citizenship and Immigration committee Thank you. Regarding the use of the designated country of origin, DCO, you talked about designated foreign nationals today and how this classification can divert people from legal asylum channels. We also heard in our last meeting on Tuesday about how policy changes can influenc
October 4th, 2018Committee meeting
Salma Zahid
Citizenship and Immigration committee Do you think that giving them more time to file their claims would help?
October 4th, 2018Committee meeting
Salma Zahid
Citizenship and Immigration committee Thank you. My next question is for Ms. Bilak. On your web page you have shown a global picture of internal displacement, and natural disaster looks to be a widespread trend driving migration. How important is climate change as a driver for displacement? Is there an awareness of
October 4th, 2018Committee meeting
Salma Zahid
Citizenship and Immigration committee Thank you, Chair. Thank you for coming today and sharing information about the programs you are doing in the European community. We have seen that as of 2015, Europe has faced the biggest wave of mass immigration since the Second World War, and the peak in migrant numbers was o
October 16th, 2018Committee meeting
Salma Zahid
Citizenship and Immigration committee Have you done any studies on what is motivating the crossers? Is it the economic background or is it some other reason? What are the factors driving more migration?
October 16th, 2018Committee meeting
Salma Zahid