Citizenship and Immigration committee  We're estimating that the numbers have to be increased to 4,000. When we are talking about the Yazidi situation, we are talking mostly about the victims. I don't like to call them the “victims”; they are the victors or the survivors of ISIS. It's mostly about children and women a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I will start.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you so much, Mr. Chair, for inviting me. I will be speaking today mostly about the Yazidi genocide and refugee movement, especially with the 1,200 people who arrived here in Canada on the promise of the government. One Free World International had been on the ground in Ira

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Could you repeat the last statement?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely, yes; that's correct.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  When we're talking about rescuing Yazidi girls or rescuing many of the minorities from ISIS territory, we are not dealing with Canadian officials; we are not dealing within a system that respects the law. In order to save these girls and to rescue them, sometimes we have to use o

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The green zone came from a request from the refugees themselves. Once again, many of the internally displaced persons don't want to leave their homes. Nobody wants to leave their home. Some of them have found that their lives there are absolutely impossible at this point. They ha

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Right now I would say that I doubt they can live in absolute peace and harmony, because with the Kurdish troops and their agendas, the Iraqi soldiers and their agendas, and the Shia militias and the Sunni groups, a lot of the minorities do not have militias to protect them. They

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's correct. I had two meetings with minister Chris Alexander. I had one meeting in Ottawa with his department. We presented the proposal. They liked the proposal. I recall the wording of minister Chris Alexander. He said that we have to do this, that we have to save these peo

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think the main problem, once again, is that there is no vehicle or system to process these internally displaced persons. They have to find the mechanism, and once the election hit the ground, the election became the focus.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The stigma, as Nafiya said, is that they see them as devil worshippers, which has caused them to be discriminated against everywhere they have gone. They are different, and that's really what has caused this stigma. Besides, if you are a victim of rape, all of society will look a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's in front of you. It's the same proposal, sir.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's the same proposal. We just enhanced it at the end of June, but it's the same essence.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Before you use my report against me, I would ask you, have you been there before? Have you seen the situation yourself?