Within the war itself, the trauma is huge. I think people experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder years down the line. You can have flashbacks and it can be really incapacitating. At the same time, it's something that doesn't come through. You may have an individual who locks him or herself in a room for a number of days, sometimes months, and then they snap. They may experience an episode of psychosis and do something that brings them in contact with the law. At the same time, they are often not able to understand what the trauma has done, because trauma is a coping mechanism. You're trying to forget what happened to you. You're not able to process information, so you're not able to let people know that, “Hey, by the way, I'm experiencing X, Y, and Z because this is what I've been through.”
Having been through the trauma, or having been through a war-torn country, coming here and having the hope of finally having a good life for themselves and their families, and then having to go through the immigration system and the process.... My colleague here suggested that it's easy. We've seen the other side. It's not easy. Oftentimes people are not able to navigate the system. There is the inaccessibility of the language in which information is presented.
When you're dealing with mental health issues, one of the symptoms is cognitive capacity. They may not be able to process information in the same way as another individual, especially if they're experiencing symptoms or if they're experiencing side effects of medication. They may not understand what's going on with them. They may not be able to communicate what their needs are. They may feel they will be persecuted if they fully disclose what the situation is. That compounds the stress. We're talking about the individual, the criminal, but there's also the family and—