Applicants face near-impossible standards for proof that prioritises translated and notarised ‘objective’ official documents at their own expense. Migrants also face the threat of arbitrary and indefinite immigration detention. Poor conditions and abuse in these detention centres have led to several high-profile deaths — such as that of Wishma Sandamali, a Sri Lankan woman who was detained after overstaying her student visa in 2021, and the suicide of an Italian man in 2022. Applicants also face the constant danger of being detained again without cause after release, contributing to an asylum approval rate of less than 1 per cent.

The creation of the ‘quasi-refugee’ status to normalise the legal status of the approximately 2000 Ukrainian refugees taken in by Japan since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine is another example of this regime in action. The 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees that Japan uses to define a refugee does not recognise military conflict as a valid reason to claim refugee status.

Ukrainians entering after Japan’s highly publicised ‘open arms’ declaration are formally recognised as ‘temporary visitors’ undertaking ‘special activities’. This uncharacteristically generous treatment has been critically juxtaposed with the cold shoulder given to other groups. Syrians, Kurds, Burmese and even former Afghan employees of the Japanese embassy in Kabul are trapped in repeated cycles of application, denial, detention and provisional release, disrupting their access to livelihood, education and even nationality.

Japan’s refugee regime is not an outlier, regionally. Many Asian states resist international refugee norms and, instead, tolerate or instrumentalise asylum policies to balance the pursuit of national interests with political and social stability concern

you obviously did not read the above excellent post.

please stick to obsessing over trumps sex life

aquascoot wrote on Feb 4^th, 2024 at 8:04pm:


You were wrong, and Brian was right.

Brian said that Japan is accepting more refugees.

You said it was bullshit.

I proved you wrong - they are accepting more refugees.

And now you don't have the balls to admit that you were wrong.

You are always wrong, and you never own up to it.

I can't wait to humiliate you again   

"Japan has upped its total protection rate dramatically. In 2021, 654 out of 2,413 (27 percent) asylum seekers were granted protection, while in 2022 this number increased even further to 1,997 out of 3,772 (53 percent). This included a record 202 applicants being granted formal refugee status."

Karnal wrote on Feb 4^th, 2024 at 8:16pm:


Not at all, I couldn't care less. Solve the illegals problem, starve Trump of unpaid workers. What don't you like about that?

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 4^th, 2024 at 8:44pm:


How do you know who came by plane and who didn't? It seems that if Trump hired illegals they must have come by plane. It's in your own explanation.

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 4^th, 2024 at 8:14pm:


So 1997 refugees accepted TEMPORARILY - there is ZERO permanent resettlement of refugees - in a country of 126 million.

And you two think this is somehow a refutation of what I and others said about the fact that there is no large scale immigration from the third word or even the first world into some very highly developed rich countries like Korae and Japan.

Setanta wrote on Feb 4^th, 2024 at 8:43pm:


All good. Now you come back when you have something to post about, Setanta. We'll ask you then.

We're all friends here, no?