Yes, it's particularly so for criminal offending. When people are in jail, we get early notification, and we prioritize those cases. The work is done at the earliest possible opportunity, and then the case just sits ready to go. Again, as I said, when they're released from prison, they are picked up and put on a plane.
Again, because we prioritize criminal offending, we are able to work through those cases quite quickly. We put most people working on that. What that does mean, though, is a trade-off in terms of the cohort of people who are just here unlawfully and don't commit any crimes. We tend to not have the time to deal with those. We then use other approaches with them such as phone calls and text messaging to try to maintain some contact.
Yes, we prioritize criminal offending because it's what the country expects us to do. The government is very clear that, when you are a temporary visitor to New Zealand or you have been allowed to reside here, you obey the rules, and there are consequences for not obeying the rules.