Citizenship and Immigration committee Thank you, Mr. Chair. You're taking me by surprise. I didn't think that I had any time, but I'll try to make good use of these two minutes. First of all, I want to say that Ms. Adiba's presentation touched me deeply. Unfortunately, in two minutes, I don't have the time to elabo
November 29th, 2018Committee meeting
Ramez Ayoub
Citizenship and Immigration committee Do you think this political rhetoric is being used in Canada?
November 29th, 2018Committee meeting
Ramez Ayoub
Citizenship and Immigration committee I would also like to know how much time you needed to process the 24,000 or 25,000 files that you normally received. Were they processed in 12 or 18 months?
November 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Ramez Ayoub
Citizenship and Immigration committee They were then out of the system.
November 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Ramez Ayoub
Citizenship and Immigration committee During that time, you provided accommodation and services to these asylum seekers, while they waited for a final answer on their file.
November 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Ramez Ayoub
Citizenship and Immigration committee Okay, thank you. My next question is about the figures. What percentage of requests are denied?
November 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Ramez Ayoub
Citizenship and Immigration committee That's all for me, Mr. Chair.
November 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Ramez Ayoub
Citizenship and Immigration committee I have 20 seconds left. I'll use them to thank the witnesses.
November 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Ramez Ayoub
Citizenship and Immigration committee Thank you, Mr. Chair. Have any amounts in the credits been allocated to processing asylum requests from persons who entered irregularly by Roxham Road? We are told that there are 69,000 files awaiting processing. What amounts were specifically allocated to resolve that situatio
November 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Ramez Ayoub
Citizenship and Immigration committee Today, we are trying to obtain specific information. If, at a committee, we ask what services the minister's team provides to other members in general, that is one thing; but if we attempt to obtain information on a particular member, that is something else. We are not authorized
November 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Ramez Ayoub
Citizenship and Immigration committee Thank you for your answer. I'd like the document I just mentioned to be provided to the committee members. It talks about countries and the refugee issue, of course. It addresses the well-being of refugees, be they boys or girls, young or old. From the outset, the UN's focus was
November 26th, 2018Committee meeting
Ramez Ayoub
Citizenship and Immigration committee Is there more to gain to be within the compact or to be outside the compact?
November 26th, 2018Committee meeting
Ramez Ayoub
Citizenship and Immigration committee Thank you.
November 26th, 2018Committee meeting
Ramez Ayoub
Citizenship and Immigration committee Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to take some of my valuable time to recognize Ms. Rempel as the person who asked that the committee hear from witnesses on the global compact. Since she's not here, she can't ask questions about the compact. It is somewhat troubling, but not too se
November 26th, 2018Committee meeting
Ramez Ayoub
Citizenship and Immigration committee I'll be careful going forward. I appreciate the warning. I shall carry on then. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Volker Türk, whom you are no doubt familiar with, released a document, on behalf of the UN Refugee Agency, detailing why the global compact on migration is so i
November 26th, 2018Committee meeting
Ramez Ayoub