> (For non-Ozzies, these were two people who fell into the clutches
> of the goons in Australia's Immigration service. Rau was a 
> schizophrenic on the run, who pretended she was an overstaying
> tourist from Germany (she actually had been in Oz since childhood
> and only spoke broken German.) 

Key words - "pretended she was an overstaying tourist from Germany".

If you have someone who is deceitful and uncooperative it is very
difficult to give them a fair go. She may have had an excuse to be
deceitful (mental illness), but that fact remains she was not being
cooperative.