Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, Mr. Virani, there is definitely a requirement, in my view, for an entrenched definition of IDPs, or internally displaced persons. In that sense, as I indicated earlier, the responsibility to protect doctrine I think ought to be hybridized to some degree so that Canada and ot

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The whole aspect of what constitutes internally displaced peoples, or internally displaced persons, is important because one can look at it individually or collectively. When one looks at the Yazidi example, it's a collective thing where there's no individualized persecution per

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, the private sponsorship route is obviously the route that the community at large is prepared to go in very short order. The question was fading out here a bit on our end, but from what I understand in terms of identities and these types of issues, it hearkens back to the ti

Citizenship and Immigration committee  With respect, they are not adequate. Clearly, the determinations that we made inside are for inland refugee claimants. But for those who are abroad, overseas refugees, settlement processes are mired in bureaucracy. Those who are internally displaced simply do not meet the test fo

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration for the honour and opportunity to speak to you on this topic, immigration measures for the protection of vulnerable groups. Following my comments, my colleague at the B.C. bar, Mr. Jasdeep Mattoo, will be address