Ms Fiona Hurley:

Not all of that information is collated and it is probably very difficult to gather. In our experience, immigrant women who are experiencing domestic violence will often take years to come forward. In fact, I would categorise them as a silent oppressed minority. A particular difficulty is that they do not tend to interact with any service providers. They drop the children to school and go to the supermarket and that is largely it. They do not go to the places where they could access services. Even if they do attempt to do so, they face significant barriers. It is very difficult to collate any statistics around this issue.