Citizenship and Immigration committee  When we look at refugees, there are three solutions that are always talked about: local integration, return to your home community, and finally resettlement as the third option. The resettlement option is always the last option. There's always the hope that there are opportunitie

Citizenship and Immigration committee  When it comes to resettlement referrals, the UNHCR gives, as a matter of priority, priority to the most vulnerable. But I think we also have to understand the environment in which the UNHCR is operating: 20 million refugees, of which the UNHCR has identified just over one million

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm not sure what the context is: whether they're going to those countries in order to identify refugees for resettlement or going to provide humanitarian aid. One way or the other, clearly, in order to enter any kind of war situation in which one is working with vulnerable peopl

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The humanitarian and compassionate applications that individuals are able to have access to is another tool that's already at the government's disposal. To make better use of the application is definitely another route that individuals can take.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Legal pathways for people who are inside their country to leave the country and come to Canada.... The biggest barrier for most people in terms of legal pathways is more flexibility with respect to various visa requirements, different types of immigration-related programs that ca

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There are serious advantages to the category, and I think my friends have articulated that need, particularly for LGBTI claimants. Without a doubt, there are some people for whom leaving their country is actually more dangerous than staying in their country. The ability to have a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good afternoon. I'm very pleased to be here this afternoon. Amnesty International would like to thank the honourable committee members for the opportunity to comment on the important subject of how Canada can best support vulnerable groups in inaccessible regions. Our briefing wi