Every year thousands of torture victims disappear, never to tell their tale. But thousands more survive, and are released back into the world. Their torture does not end at the moment they step outside the prison gates. The memories remain, and with them the anguish that makes readjustment to normal life so hard. Canada has a uniquely liberal policy of immigration for political refugees - over 20,000 settle in the country each year. Many have suffered terrible tortures and made miraculous escapes. To meet their needs an extraordinary network of doctors, psychiatrists, health workers and volunteers, several themselves former victims, has sprung up. This film does not investigate the politics of the victims. It examines their experiences, and follows the attempts of care-workers, medical and social, to overcome their traumas.