Limitations of the analysis There are a number of limitations to this analysis, in part due to time and funding constraints. The findings are based on primary sources, i.e. the responses of the member centres; however, only 30 percent of the total number of centres that were sent the IRCT questionnaire completed it. This means that some countries are not represented, particularly in Europe. For example, the IRCT member centres in Central and Eastern Europe, e.g. Albania, Georgia and the Russian Federation did not complete the questionnaire. In addition, some countries in southern Europe are not represented in the report because the IRCT does not have member centres namely Portugal, Spain or Greece. This is a limitation given that in recent years southern Europe, particularly Greece and Italy, have experienced a dramatic increase in asylum-seekers resulting in widespread problems with accessing the national asylum procedure, health care and reception facilities.50 Secondly, there are limitations in relation to the resources available to conduct a research project that spans 18 countries with very diverse legal systems. However, this limitation does not detract from the main objective of the research - to provide a broad comparative overview of the current treatment of victims of torture within national asylum systems with reference to the issues focused on in the questionnaire. Recognising victims of torture in national asylum procedures / 21