The Justice Ministry has revealed that about 100 million yen was deposited into a bank account of one of nine Afghan men who were denied refugee status in Japan on grounds that they lack credibility as refugees.
“It can be acknowledged that the nine people entered Japan with the purpose of illegally working,” said Kazumine Terawaki, head of the general affairs division at the ministry’s Immigration Bureau, on Wednesday.
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