Afghanistan committee  We would very much welcome that. Yes.

Afghanistan committee  Yes. I think that's something we've done in other contexts. We've done that in the context of Kosovo, for example, with onshore processing. Absolutely we should look at that if biometrics in Afghanistan is just not working. To the extent that we have inadmissible individuals who

Afghanistan committee  We can create a special program, much like the one Mr. Powell is mentioning, under section 25.2 to allow at-risk women and children to come through on special measures if the mandate under the humanitarian program hasn't been able to do that because of the different obstacles tha

Afghanistan committee  Thank you for the question. Absolutely, we should have a standing body that has the authority from the central government to respond very rapidly. One of the challenges we found in this crisis and a number of the other ones you mentioned is that IRCC also has to rely on its p

Afghanistan committee  I'm proposing a body that would exist within Canada and have all of the key decision-makers needed to put forward any decision on a refugee crisis. With respect to the biometrics piece, I think it will depend on which country we're looking at. With Afghanistan specifically, you

Afghanistan committee  I would suggest that there has certainly been room for streamlining. Officials have worked very hard, and a number of people have arrived, of course. We see those numbers. Absolutely, we should continue those programs. I understand that currently the 2,000 or so spots left in the

Afghanistan committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable committee members, for the invitation to speak with you today on Afghanistan. I am an immigration and refugee law partner at Landings LLP, a law firm in Toronto. Last July, before the fall of Kabul, I began receiving desperate messages about i