Citizenship and Immigration committee  We would know only the individuals who come through and make an asylum claim, the 13,000. There will be a number of individuals who come through and are intercepted by local law enforcement or the RCMP and who never end up making an asylum claim.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Go ahead.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  They are almost identical. Around 14,000 individuals have gone through regular ports of entry—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  IRCC would not know the number of deportation orders.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Only the CBSA, and in fact the RCMP at the initial contact, would have the number of individuals who are detained and whether or not they move forward in the process. They will make the determination around their admissibility or inadmissibility into Canada. That said, as Mr. Cl

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I am not aware of the number of children who have or have not been detained. Only the CBSA would have those stats.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the invitation to speak to the committee once again today on this important topic. I'm joined by Paul MacKinnon, assistant deputy minister of strategic and program policy, as well as André Baril, director of asylum policy. To address the recent influx

Public Safety committee  Chair, to answer both those questions, honestly, it's extremely difficult to talk about hypotheticals. I know that's not a great response, but it is the truth. It's impossible to determine people's perceptions versus the realities and all the factors I have talked about, which pu

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Chair, to answer both those questions, honestly, it's extremely difficult to talk about hypotheticals. I know that's not a great response, but it is the truth. It's impossible to determine people's perceptions versus the realities and all the factors I have talked about, which pu

Public Safety committee  Canada does not take refugees for economic reasons. We select immigrants for economic reasons in our levels plan, under those economic streams.

Public Safety committee  You are correct.

Public Safety committee  We are accepting people to make a claim before the Immigration and Refugee Board where they will present their basis of claim as to why they should be granted refugee protection status by Canada. Then, if they are granted status, they have the ability to apply for permanent resid

Public Safety committee  I'll start at the very strategic level and will be very quick. As I mentioned, we have long-standing relationships in the immigration and citizenship world with American colleagues—and all colleagues, quite frankly. We belong to bilateral and multilateral organizations. We deal

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Canada does not take refugees for economic reasons. We select immigrants for economic reasons in our levels plan, under those economic streams.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  You are correct.