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british columbia: As a lawyer, he says it's a challenge to balance being engaged in a case and not being overwhelmed by it, adding it can be traumatizing just hearing what some asylum seekers have been through, according to CBC. You experience it vicariously because we go through these stories in great detail. Peter Edelmann works with refugees and says many who end up in British Columbia are fleeing violent situations and persecution. Then, the responsibility that people face in terms of when people go back is quite substantial, he explained. Peter Edelmann/Twitter These stakes particularly what could happen if claims are denied put an enormous amount of responsibility on the lawyers representing them. Peter Edelmann, a Vancouver immigration lawyer, says many of his clients are suffering from trauma when they arrive in Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.