Foreign Affairs committee  I'm happy to speak to this issue of repatriation as well. As Dr. Al-Kassem had said, there's a very concerning situation of COVID-19 cases within Syria. In particular, in northeast Syria we're seeing really concerning numbers on how the war and these cases are impacting Syrian c

Foreign Affairs committee  Would you like me to start with that question?

Foreign Affairs committee  Dr. Al-Kassem, you've spoken about Syria. Perhaps you'd like to take the opportunity to start. I'm happy to speak to repatriation.

Foreign Affairs committee  In terms of the humanitarian funding and the funding that's been provided to date, I think Canada has been generous in its support. Where we see that additional funds could be provided relates to particular humanitarian response plans that are integrating COVID needs as well. My

Foreign Affairs committee  I think that for NGOs like Save the Children, where we have not seen funding for civil society to date, having flexible, available and timely funding is quite important. As I mentioned off the top, Save the Children has a response plan across the entire globe. We've reached ove

Foreign Affairs committee  If I could just add as well...?

Foreign Affairs committee  I think the various types of impacts from lockdowns, the containment measures, the arbitrary restrictions on movement, also mean that there's a lack of available information so that not everyone is accessing the life-saving services in an equal way. This is really having an impac

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. Good evening, everyone. As the chairman said, my name is Rachel Logel Carmichael. I'm the head of humanitarian affairs at Save the Children Canada. I am here with my colleague Taryn Russell, who is our head of policy and advocacy. We are very grateful for the oppor