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REFUGEES AND JAPAN

Japan Times
LIFE / REFUGEES AND JAPAN
Jul 8, 2007
Kleptocracy to 'freedom'?
Hla Aye Maung's nightmare began in the central Tokyo district of Nishi Nippori when he went shopping. A police car pulled up beside him and the officers found he was one of the more than 250,000 illegal aliens apparently working in Japan. They took him to a police station in nearby Ueno, from where he got word to his wife. Through the Burmese community network, a lawyer was contacted and thus began his odyssey as an asylum-seeker.
Japan Times
LIFE / REFUGEES AND JAPAN
Jul 8, 2007
Footy aims at goal of awareness
Japan's fourth annual refugee soccer tournament commemorating World Refugee Day (June 20) was played in the rain on June 24 in front of a small but enthusiastic crowd. There were 12 teams with players mostly from Asia. Takeshi Okada, former manager of the national team (1997-98), told me he fancied the chances of the Nagoya Burma team. The fullbacks looked like they trained on beer, but the forwards were deft and the goalie was lean and quick on his feet. Alas, they made it to the semifinals only to lose to Cambodia in a penalty shootout.
Japan Times
LIFE / REFUGEES AND JAPAN
Jul 8, 2007
Sit-ins win new home, in Canada!
All Kurdish asylum-seeker Erdal Dogan wanted was a peaceful home for himself and his family.
Japan Times
LIFE / REFUGEES AND JAPAN
Jul 8, 2007
Screenings on behalf of 33 million
From July 18-26, the U.N. High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) will sponsor the 2nd International Refugee Film Festival in Japan. The program of 30 movies over nine days at four theaters includes feature and documentary films that focus on the lives, trials and triumphs of people forced to leave their homes as a result of persecution and war.
Japan Times
LIFE / REFUGEES AND JAPAN
Jul 8, 2007
Diplomat rues Tokyo's 'lack of humanity' to asylum-seekers
Sadako Ogata was the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees from 1991-2001, and has been President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) since 2003. Here, she talks frankly to The Japan Times about Japan's attitudes to those who flee their homelands and seek sanctuary on these shores.
Japan Times
LIFE / REFUGEES AND JAPAN
Jul 8, 2007
'Liars' who won lottery
Just 410 — the number of refugees accepted by Japan since 1982 — says a lot about government policy toward those who flee political persecution in their home countries. They wouldn't fill more than a few cars on a rush-hour commuter train!

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