Afghanistan committee  I totally agree with that. It becomes a theatre of the absurd if Canadian or Australian resettlement, or whatever, is hostage to the bureaucratic efficiency and the resource endowments that some third agency may or may not manifest. I think that should be replaced with a much mo

Afghanistan committee  There are a couple of points I would make. One is that diplomacy is important in this respect, with Pakistan but also with Iran. Iran is a very significant destination for people exiting Afghanistan at the moment. Three days ago, there was an article published in The New York T

Afghanistan committee  Thank you. The management of immigration and refugee crises has been a challenge for bureaucracies worldwide for a very long period of time, but the lesson of history is that it is exceedingly dangerous to allow an increase of bureaucratic requirements to interfere with emergenc

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much. I think one issue that needs to be kept in mind is that there is a risk of genocide in Afghanistan. This may seem to be a foreign proposition, but I think, unfortunately, that it's historically grounded. The substantial outflow of Hazaras from Afghanistan

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Civil society in Afghanistan is a significant actor, but it is a very vulnerable actor as well. Something like three-quarters of the Afghan population is under the age of 30. These people have very often been influenced by forces of globalization that no previous generation had e

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you. I think several things are important at this point. One is to recognize that there is not a working peace process in Afghanistan at the moment. Lots of people are going through the motions, but essentially the agreement that the Americans signed with the Taliban was a

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much. There has been a very significant escalation in violence against minorities in the period since the signing on the 29th of February 2020 of the bilateral agreement between the United States and the Taliban. That's not to suggest that there wasn't significant

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I think we should be wary of seeing Iran as a protective player with respect to Hazaras from Afghanistan. Firstly, Hazaras are often located in vulnerable places that are quite remote from the territory of Iran, but more seriously, Iran has hist

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes. The situation for Hazaras is dangerous.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  No. If your team wants to identify a particular setting in the interpretation button, I'm happy to go to that. I'm on “off” at the moment.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Okay. Mr. Chair, should I repeat the points that I made earlier for the benefit of your colleague?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My broad point is that Iran is not a reliable source of protection for Hazaras who are vulnerable within Afghanistan. It really falls in the lap of the wider world to perform some protective responsibilities with respect to those people.