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Japan's immigration law revision to retain controversial proposal

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ruling parties refused to authorize the release of security camera footage showing 33-year-old Sri Lankan detainee Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali before her death

I didn't know this actually. Now, I wonder why that would be. The hear-no-evil crowd won't think anything is amiss though.

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made progress but later broke down after ruling parties refused to authorize the release of security camera footage showing 33-year-old Sri Lankan

Transparency just not really suitable for Japan these days.

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I used to think the holding camps in America during WW2 for Japanese were unfair, but that was nothing compared to a Japanese immigration Centre. Won’t release the video is a very clear indication things were too brutal and cruel for public consumption. Reform of the Detention centre staff and culture should also be undertaken and charges laid over another preventable degrading death.

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More than twice? They should be deported immediately after failing once.

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The government is currently seeking public comments on this proposal (and the entire immigration law reform as well) made through e-government. It would be more meaningful to make yourself heard directly than to keep complaining or commiserating about problems in anonymity at unofficial forums (just like here :)) .

「出入国管理及び難民認定法第七条第一項第二号の規定に基づき同法別表第一の五の表の下欄に掲げる活動を定める件の一部を改正する件(案)」に係る意見募集について

https://global-saponet.mgl.mynavi.jp/visa/624

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If Japan was truly a liberal democratic state under the global rules based order it would welcome millions of refugees and migrants following the sterling examples of the US, Canada, France, Germany and others, and fully integrate them into Japanese society regardless of cost and social disruptions. This would also solve the problem of Japan’s declining birth rate…

Yeah, but it's not. It's an ethnostate, where a baby boom that included a large number of non-Japanese would likely be seen as a problem, rather than a solution. As for the countries you've listed above, many of their track records with respect to integration have, unfortunately, been less than "sterling".

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“If Japan was truly a liberal democratic state under the global rules based order “

The majority of Japanese would rather happily remain undemocratic and not live under the global rules than make the same mistake that those Western countries did and be swamped by millions of immigrants and refugees.

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this dont need any meetings,paper printed reports and mountain of faxes.

go abroad learn from others and adpt.faster,more effective and cheaper.

Japan dont need to "invent" how to make a hot water...

make it easy.everyone who overstays visa send home by next plane,no detetion etc,just send them back home b next available flight.problem solved.what "science" is needed to do so?

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@noriahojanen

It doesn’t matter what the average Japanese person thinks.

The people are ignored and deceived time after time.

There is no equality in Japan this decisions are never the remit of the citizen.

You do realise that by now?

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In 2021, cross-party discussions to amend the proposed changes made progress but later broke down after ruling parties refused to authorize the release of security camera footage showing 33-year-old Sri Lankan detainee Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali before her death at the Nagoya Regional Immigration Services Bureau that year.

Of course, when the Japanese government attempts to conceal the heinous criminal negligent behavior that allows foreigners to die alone in their own vomit and excreta then it is blatantly obvious that this bill seeks to criminalise the act of applying for refuge.

The rule of law done Japanese style!

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If Japan was truly a liberal democratic state under the global rules based order it would welcome millions of refugees and migrants following the sterling examples of the US, Canada, France, Germany and others, 

So which countries are truly liberal democratic based on that "requirement"?

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Yea your right. They dont need to…

But you figure everytime its down to the Urges, the Considers, the meetings, the Committees, the maybes, the mights…

it's just time… to "PAY" some Piper.

But these rediscover hot water guys, these Looters, they Do only TAKE, they Dont do the Pay thing.

@ EastmanToday

this dont need any meetings,paper printed reports and mountain of faxes.

go abroad learn from others and adpt.faster,more effective and cheaper.

Japan dont need to "invent" how to make a hot water...

And as for

public comments on this proposal (and the entire immigration law reform as well)

Right. Now theyre goin all fuzzy ears on public opinoins now huh? Only comments these guysll take are cherry picked outta Magic pinstripe rabbit hats, copy pasted by invisible moonbeam ink and typed out on wireless ouija board comments. As long as the votes are cheap x eight zero more years.

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