Citizenship and Immigration committee They will have their own ways of accommodation. They will have their own ways of screening the refugees. We are not here to do their job; we are here just to propose—
July 20th, 2016Committee meeting
Rev. Majed El Shafie
Citizenship and Immigration committee —what the process is, in order for them to follow this process or, having a map, how to proceed in dangerous areas, as you indicated. With regard to security, it was very clear in the proposal that many areas in Kurdistan, such as Erbil, are very secure areas. We have more than
July 20th, 2016Committee meeting
Rev. Majed El Shafie
Citizenship and Immigration committee First of all, Mr. Chair, I would like to thank you for this opportunity. As I told you yesterday, you were one of the four Liberal MPs in Parliament who voted for the recognition of genocide, and I want to thank you for that. Ms. Michelle Rempel, I thank you for being one of the
July 20th, 2016Committee meeting
Reverend Majed El Shafie
Citizenship and Immigration committee I had one meeting with him, briefly. After that I received a call from his chief of staff with some of my lawyers, and after that it's been really silent. We didn't get anything.
June 7th, 2016Committee meeting
Rev. Majed El Shafie
Citizenship and Immigration committee That's correct.
June 7th, 2016Committee meeting
Rev. Majed El Shafie
Citizenship and Immigration committee We tried to communicate with him in different ways, including other ministers in the cabinet.
June 7th, 2016Committee meeting
Rev. Majed El Shafie
Citizenship and Immigration committee They are sex slaves, and we rescued them.
June 7th, 2016Committee meeting
Rev. Majed El Shafie
Citizenship and Immigration committee No. We received a call from his chief of staff, and after that, the chief of staff did not follow up.
June 7th, 2016Committee meeting
Rev. Majed El Shafie
Citizenship and Immigration committee I think they should be in direct contact with their communities here and overseas, communicating with them. One Free World International had a petition, and we met with the Minister of Immigration—he is a great man—and we presented to him a proposal to bring 400 Yazidi girls to
June 7th, 2016Committee meeting
Rev. Majed El Shafie
Citizenship and Immigration committee No, I mentioned them because we have to have a dialogue with them for them to do more, as we are. That's what I meant. I meant countries like Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and so on, to speak with their governments to encourage them to do more to help the refugees on the ground si
June 7th, 2016Committee meeting
Rev. Majed El Shafie
Citizenship and Immigration committee Quite honestly, all our information is through our people on the ground. For example, in Jordan, many of the refugees came from the Zaatari camp in Jordan. All our information is from working with different NGOs on the ground and here in Canada. We have been working with a report
June 7th, 2016Committee meeting
Rev. Majed El Shafie
Citizenship and Immigration committee No, I'm 100% sure of of my evidence. If you can prove me wrong, please do that.
June 7th, 2016Committee meeting
Rev. Majed El Shafie
Citizenship and Immigration committee Thank you.
June 7th, 2016Committee meeting
Rev. Majed El Shafie
Citizenship and Immigration committee First, in regard to the UNHCR, I don't think we should count fully and completely on the UNHCR. It's important there are other NGOs that are respected and have high accountability and integrity. I'm not saying not to deal with the UNHCR. I am a refugee that came through the UNHCR
June 7th, 2016Committee meeting
Rev. Majed El Shafie
Citizenship and Immigration committee Absolutely. Thank you for your comment. With regard to private sponsors, there are private sponsors from almost every religion that exists here in Canada. The mosques are involved in private sponsorships, and the churches are involved in private sponsorships. This is absolutely
June 7th, 2016Committee meeting
Rev. Majed El Shafie