Japan to allow 2 fired Myanmar diplomats to remain after status expires

Good on Japan. While this country has long had a strange affinity for Myanmar, sending these two back would be sending them to their death. Perhaps the authorities in Kabukicho are coming to their senses regarding that kleptostate.

It takes being a diplomat to not be forced into a detention center. At least they're not getting deported.

Hey, better than dying in a detention centre fellas. Count yourselves lucky.

Just fly to Thailand. No reason to be here anymore.

Well done, Japan!

Stop killing immigration detainees, and you'll become a decent country.

But he stopped short of clarifying their future status at that time, saying only that his ministry would monitor the situation in Myanmar.

As usual the government stops short of clearly deciding a side and instead puts people on a limbo where they are not recognized as diplomats but neither as illegal.