Status of Women committee  Thank you. I am addressing my question to all members of the committee.

Status of Women committee  I want to know the reason why the education of refugees and immigrants is not considered. Why is there no evaluation process, at least, to see what they already know, and a training process to see what they need to know? Why don't we have something like that?

Status of Women committee  Thank you.

Status of Women committee  It is unfair, considering they have done their education. They already have work experience with so many different organizations. They worked with UNHCR and other medical organizations that are in the refugee camps. When they got here, nothing was considered. They were not consid

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  Thank you.

Status of Women committee  When we got to Uganda, my parents got jobs in a refugee camp. My dad was assistant doctor and my mom was a nurse, and they worked there for 10 years, helping the refugees who were sick with all kinds of life-threatening diseases. They came here with their papers and everything,

Status of Women committee  My mom is still going to school. She's in CEGEP now, the same as me. My dad is going to school part-time and working, as we are.

Status of Women committee  I hope to finish school successfully, which is kind of hard right now, because I have to help take care of my young brothers and sisters, help my family have a better life and help to see if Canada can at least evaluate the education of refugees when they come here. Canada gave u

Status of Women committee  Hello. My name is Immaculée, and the LaSalle-Émard-Verdun district of Quebec is where I call home today. Today I want to talk to you about one of the residents of my riding, a refugee girl who fled the Congo with her family. They moved from country to country, looking for safet