Citizenship and Immigration committee  As I mentioned, of the 1,200, the number we were provided was that 724 Yazidis were taken through that program. I believe the first step is to follow up with the Minister of Immigration to make sure they take the rest of the survivors. The other—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As I said, out of 1,200, they took about 700. I hope that the remainder of that number, the 500, will be resettled.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I know first-hand of some who were registered to be resettled in Canada but were not. Some were resettled as part of a family, but the rest of the family was never resettled and they were both survivors.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, of course. I would be happy to do that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I believe some of the families that are in Canada, some of whom arrived through sponsorships and some whom arrived through UNHCR from Turkey and Greece, are not all included in that program, the 1,200. That being said, yes, there are about 3,000 survivors in IDP camps and in Sinj

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  With the Australian government, the first group that we did—I actually handed over the applications when I was in Iraq working there—were Yazidi refugees who came from Syria to camps in Kurdistan, north of Iraq. Then we started taking Yazidi survivors. We specifically took surviv

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As I mentioned, I believe that only about 700, at most, of the 1,200 were resettled in Canada, so the number that was promised was not achieved. The main thing is to help resettle the rest of the Yazidis that Canada promised to resettle, at least the survivors. The other thing i

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I believe so, because as you can see, all eyes are on Mosul right now. For example, all NGOs are heading there, yet Yazidis remain in these camps. They are not able to register with the UN agencies to emigrate. They're not able to return home because the conditions are not there.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In my opinion, because the minorities...especially the Yazidis, who, as we all know, suffered the most under ISIS. They continue to do so because there are, as I said, over 1,300 in captivity, mostly women and children. I believe when Canada resettles a certain number of refugees

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. To your earlier question, for Yazidis, the real disadvantage in being an IDP is that they are not even qualified to register with UN agencies because they are considered displaced, not refugees, so they don't qualify. Even if they want to register, they are not able t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That is correct, but the majority of Yazidis are in IDP camps in Iraq. As I mentioned, about 350,000 Yazidis are in IDP camps. Only about 6,000 Yazidis are in Turkey, Greece, Lebanon and Jordan, as refugees. On your other question, especially for the Yazidi survivors—the women w

Citizenship and Immigration committee  My name is Abid Shamdeen and I'm part of Nadia Murad's initiative. I was born and raised in Sinjar, the Yazidi homeland. I would like to thank the committee for giving me a chance to clarify some points about the Yazidi situation. First, I want to just point out a few things bef