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ASYLUM

Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Mar 31, 2021
Episode 88: Japan's plan to clamp down on asylum seekers
A bill is working its way through the Diet that will make it even harder for asylum seekers to attain refugee status in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Feb 3, 2020
Japanese society warms to asylum-seekers despite the government's cold shoulder
Hilmneh Tegegn came to Japan from Ethiopia 11 years ago seeking refugee status here and seemed to do everything right. After more than a decade of waiting, he finally got a visa — to the United States.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jul 15, 2019
Guatemala scrubs Trump summit, will not sign 'safe third country' deal
Guatemala said on Sunday it would postpone President Jimmy Morales' visit to Washington to discuss Guatemala's potential designation as a "safe third country" for asylum seekers, stressing that it has no plans to sign such an agreement.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 13, 2019
Asylum-seekers in Japan are stuck in bureaucratic limbo
At the end of June, a Nigerian man in his 40s died at an immigration detention center in Nagasaki. According to a support group, the man had been on a hunger strike to protest his lengthy confinement, which had continued for more than three years. The detention center has yet to reveal the cause of his death.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 7, 2019
Thailand halts plan to expel Saudi teen barricaded in her hotel room
Thailand halted plans Monday to expel an 18-year-old Saudi woman fleeing her family after she barricaded herself inside an airport hotel to prevent immigration officials putting her on a flight to Kuwait.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 26, 2018
Mexico's incoming government denies sealing migrant 'Remain' deal with Trump camp
Mexico's incoming government said no deal has been reached with the U.S. on the treatment of migrants attempting to cross into the U.S. from Mexico, pushing back on reports that such an agreement has been made — even as a busy port of entry was closed Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 1, 2018
Mystery deaths: NY police probe if asylum-seeking Saudi sisters found bound by river were victims of foul play
New York police were still trying to piece together on Wednesday a mystery over two young women whose bodies were discovered a week ago on the rocky Manhattan shore of the Hudson River, bound together with duct tape around their waists and ankles.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2018
French restaurants look to asylum seekers to fill jobs but face bureaucratic delays
Restaurateurs in France want the government to speed up its asylum process and make it easier to identify suitable staff to help them fill thousands of jobs they say are increasingly snubbed by French workers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jul 25, 2018
U.S. urges judge to allow fast deportations of reunited migrant families in snub to ACLU
The U.S. government urged a federal judge on Tuesday to allow the quick deportation of immigrant parents once they are reunited with their children, rejecting a request by a civil rights group that said parents needed time to assess legal options.
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BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2018
Scientific study finds asylum seekers boosting European economies
Asylum seekers moving to Europe have raised their adopted nations' economic output, lowered unemployment and not placed a burden on public finances, scientists said on Wednesday.
WORLD / Society
Jun 8, 2018
ICE sending 1,600 immigration detainees to federal prisons, triggering outcry among rights advocates
U.S. authorities are transferring into federal prisons about 1,600 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees, officials told Reuters on Thursday, in the first large-scale use of federal prisons to hold detainees amid a Trump administration crackdown on people entering the country illegally.
JAPAN
May 21, 2018
9% rise in overstayers detained over six months puts spotlight on 'provisional release' program
The rise seems to correlate with a Justice Ministry crackdown on “provisional releases,” which detainees allegedly abuse to earn money before deportation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
May 21, 2018
Japan's refugee-screening system sets high bar
Last year, Japan granted refugee status to just 20 out of a record-high 19,629 applicants. After the figure was released in February, global and domestic coverage was noticeably polarized.
WORLD
May 1, 2018
U.S. stalls over Canadian request to rewrite asylum seeker agreement
Canada wants to change a bilateral agreement to allow it to turn back thousands of asylum seekers walking across the border but the United States is not cooperating, according to a Canadian official with knowledge of the discussions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2018
Japan saw record number of refugee applicants in 2017, Justice Ministry says
The ministry attributes the surge to a rise in economic immigrants — what the government calls those who apply for refugee status to land jobs.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 25, 2018
Most Afghans sent home forced to flee anew amid bloodshed: report
Almost 3 in 4 Afghans who return home after seeking sanctuary abroad are forced to flee again due to fresh fighting, an aid agency said on Wednesday as it urged an end to deportations to the war-torn country.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 27, 2017
Japan to limit work permits for asylum seekers from 2018
Work permits for asylum seekers are to be limited on the back of a sharp rise in the number of applicants who are believed to be just seeking jobs.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 8, 2017
In 2017, JT readers helped aid refugees, educate children and preserve Laotian forests
Donations made last year by readers of The Japan Times have been used to help asylum-seekers start a new life in Japan, to support the empowerment of female Syrian refugees, to offer basic education to children in the Philippines and to preserve Laotian forests.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 13, 2017
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions says asylum policies open to 'rampant abuse and fraud'
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Thursday the policies that allow immigrants to seek asylum in the United States were broken and subject to "rampant abuse and fraud."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2017
Lawyers' group petitions ministry to improve attitudes of refugee counselors following alleged inappropriate remark
A group of lawyers claimed Tuesday that a female asylum seeker was asked inappropriate questions by a counselor during questioning earlier this year.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.

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