It was a traumatic experience that drove him to make reintegration his life's work upon release from prison.
Non-existent support systems, detachment from familial ties, being outcast by society, and an uncertain livelihood make reintegration difficult for survivors.
Psychological problems and discrimination within the local community make reintegration to normal life a challenging process for exploited and abused children.
However, reintegration does not seem to be an easy process; trafficking survivors are considered shameful and are further stigmatized by their families and communities, making reintegration difficult (12, 13).
This non-acceptance at the community level and the inability to construct new identities makes reintegration challenging, as preparedness at the community level and among survivors are both absent.
Some of the older children might also have used drugs, and this can make their reintegration even harder, he said.
This is all the more urgent because of the growing risk that for the many who have accumulated long jobless spells, discouragement and loss of human capital make their reintegration more difficult, that is, their unemployment risks becoming structural in nature.
Special traits of the current wars may contribute to homelessness, including high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, and traumatic brain injury, which can cause unstable behavior and substance abuse, and the long and repeated tours of duty, which can make the reintegration into families and work all the harder.
And if the mainstream of normal society comes to suspect all veterans think this way, it's not going to make that reintegration any easier.
"With Liberians returning to parts of the country that were destroyed during the war, we need to work tirelessly to make the reintegration process a success," said Mr. Yoshiteru Uramoto, Director of UNICEF's Tokyo Office in Japan.
South Ossetia has been out of Georgian control since the early 1990's and the new Georgian president, Mikhail Saakashvili, has made its reintegration a priority.
