U.N. member states urge Japan to improve treatment of migrants, asylum seekers

I wonder if NHK will report this piece of news.

Asylum seekers deserve a quick resolution - acceptance or deportation. If they cannot pay for deportation to a country that will accept them, give them an offer of work to earn plane fair or simply deport them back where they came.

If you aren't invited, then you shouldn't show up demanding anything.

Imafuku told the body that Japan has introduced on-site inspections and a consultation service for such workers.

Just inspection and consultation but now actual follow up.

There’s a balance somewhere - Japan sits at one extreme, but I wouldn’t want to swing to the other like they have in the UK where they are spending hundreds of millions of taxpayers money to support economic migrants claiming to be asylum seekers - many of them risking their lives to escape that war-torn hellscape that is erm… France.

It a TWO - WAY Street, Japanese citizens are accepted and welcomed in the very same nations that Japan is abusing, this can't go on.

One person's migrant, is another person's illegal immigrant.

It's horrifying that the official response to the Srilankan lady who dies in the immigration facilities is to hide the video footage.

Makes you wonder what is happening inside that immigration building.

Japan has a poor record of asylum seekers.

I’d propose that the Japanese that left for Brazil, the US, Peru etc were economic migrants

improve treatment of migrants, asylum seekers

Kishida will put his best 60 year old crony on it right away

I’m sure Japans Kishida will “listen intently and deeply consider all options”

like he always does

Yrral - Who would want to come to country,where you are not able to live a normal life,but as a serf

People who come from places much worse, where, in many cases, they fear for their lives.

kurisupisu - I’d propose that the Japanese that left for Brazil, the US, Peru etc were economic migrants

I'd propose they were post-war refugees.

If you haven't been living in a cave for the last 3 decades, you should know that Japan is in need of immigrants.

As a country supporting NATO's drive to keep the conflict going on in the Ukraine, Japan sure isn't taking in many Ukrainian citizens.

Maybe the problem is that a large number of asylum seekers are economic migrants who believe gold falls from trees here. Then the next problem is Japanese immigration official probably don’t know where most of the countries in the world are, can’t speak or read Congolese or Arabic and probably English, so their job must be a nightmare.

"It a TWO - WAY Street, Japanese citizens are accepted and welcomed in the very same nations that Japan is abusing, this can't go on."

Japanese asylum seekers!!!!

WHERE?????

Thank you.

Japanese asylum seekers!!!!

WHERE?????

During the WW2 there was a masive exodus of Japanese asylum seekers in Brazil, United States and the Philippines mostly.

And I believe it was much harder to help refugees back then.

They were NOT asylum seekers!

What were they?

I'm very interested in knowing your version of history.

I'm pretty sure you have learned a different history at school.

Those are Legal Terms that are well-defined, and NOT open to your "interpretation".

Look up in the dictionary, a refuge is a immigrant escaping from a warlike conflict.

Btw, from which war were the Japanese running away?

Look up in the history books. Japan was heavily involved in a war called World War 2.

And that led to a massive diaspora of Japanese refugees.

When there are many countries with so much land and resources, why is Japan, a mountainous island with limited resources, strained healthcare system and over-crowded cities, expected to take in refugees?

I dare say Japan is doing a better job than say, S.Korea. But you don't see the UN saying anything about them.

And the UN is now a joke.

You made it clear that a migrant only can become refugee when loses the war.

There's no reason to flee a country in war whilst you're on the winning team.

And, the wildest of all, you are no refugee until a country accepts your application.

"You made it clear that a migrant only can become refugee when loses the war."

Man, your understanding is simply appalling!

"And, the wildest of all, you are no refugee until a country accepts your application."

Bingo!

The only "right" thing you've managed so far.

A refugee is one whose asylum application has been successfully processed.

UNHCR

(I'll understand if you don't understand much of what's there anyway)

Not your fault.

"And, the wildest of all"

Not wildest at all; have you been paying attention?

I have a "Legum Baccalaureus", plus an LPC.

I must have learned something for the UK educational system to print my name on the respective certificates.

Don't yer fink so?!

The definition of a refugee is someone who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war and persecution.

source: International Rescue Committee UK

https://www.rescue.org/uk/article/what-refugee

I also have a big diploma and PHD. Do you want to measure which one has it bigger?

"The definition of a refugee is someone who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war and persecution."

OK!

For the last time:

You read parts instead of the whole and think you KNOW.

The Convention must be applicable under UK (or any other country's) Law. Whatever the Convention says it must be incorporated into UK law. Their definition is their definition. And you painstakingly read a de minimis part of it!

This is something you DON'T KNOW.

"In the UK, a person becomes a refugee when government agrees that an individual who has applied for asylum meets the definition in the Refugee Convention they will ‘recognise’ that person as a refugee and issue them with refugee status documentation. Usually refugees in the UK are given five years’ leave to remain as a refugee. They must then must apply for further leave, although their status as a refugee is not limited to five years."

AND

"Person seeking asylum

A person who has left their country of origin and formally applied for asylum in another country but whose application has not yet been concluded."

Note: The second paragraph is wokness at play.

"https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/information/refugee-asylum-facts/the-truth-about-asylum/"

I was going to send Legislation but don't want to waste my time.

"I also have a big diploma and PHD. Do you want to measure which one has it bigger?"

A diploma in Astrophysics of Quantum Computing is irrelevant.

This is Legal, beyond your Cosmic qualifications.

Nothing to do with my daddy can beat yours.

Have a good day.

"You're a refuge the I stand that you leave the country at war. BY DEFINITION."

I am gonna give you one last, LAST shot!!!!

"The definition of a refugee according to The 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees is:

“A person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it.”

"https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/information/refugee-asylum-facts/the-truth-about-asylum/"

If you meet the Convention definition (plus criteria) and a particular Government recognises your APPLICATION then, ONLY THEN, you'll become a REFUGEE!"!!!!!!

Please, STOP trying to teach me Law.

You're not qualified, you CAN'T.

Adieu.

We are not talking about law, we are talking about linguistics.

You don't need papers from any country to be a refugee, or be gay, or be blond.

You are defined by that word. That's it.

A refugee is anyone requesting asylum on arrival but their status must be reviewed and accepted which does not happen so frequently in Japan. Usually detained while their request is processed.

The Japanese migrants to Brazil, and Peru were not refugees. They volunteered at the request of the government to leave. There were no departures during the war. The migrants lived in centers for up to two years learning and training for their new lives. Many sailed from Kobe. It is well documented.

What exactly is a “working group under the world body’s Human Rights Council” ? The caption is rather misleading. It’s just irresponsible and irrelevant opinions of some kind of NPO, not official recommendations from the UN member states.

The wage hasn't changed in 30 years, no matter how hard the J-Gov tries.

Don't think that a modernization the immigration laws to catch up with modern standarts will have any impact on Japanese wages.

"What were they?

I'm very interested in knowing your version of history.

I'm pretty sure you have learned a different history at school."

Not "my version"; instead try the version you apparently don't know.

They were IMMIGRANTS.

There's a huge DIFFERENCE between immigrants and asylum seekers.

Distinct Legal terminology.

Some seem to think they're interchangeable!!!!

Immigrants escaping from war are called refugees, ain't they?!

You got your facts wrong.

Much of this immigration happened from 1868 ~ 1912

During the, so called, Second Sino-Japanese War. Looking into it, I found out Japan has more refugees history than any other country in the world.

Japan should be more grateful to all countries that welcomed them when most needed.

"Immigrants escaping from war are called refugees, ain't they?!"

No!

Those are Legal Terms that are well-defined, and NOT open to your "interpretation".

Do you think that Manslaughter and Murder are the same?!

The end result is necessarily a body, isn't it?

Btw, from which war were the Japanese running away?

Are you for real?

"You got your facts wrong.

Much of this immigration happened from 1868 ~ 1912

During the, so called, Second Sino-Japanese War. Looking into it, I found out Japan has more refugees history than any other country in the world.

No, "mate".

You're wrong, know it very well, yet pretend otherwise!

I happen to know quite a bit of history too.

"Much of this immigration happened from 1868 ~ 1912

There were NO waves of Japanese asylum seekers after the first Sino-Japanese War or in the aftermath of the Russo-Japanese conflict."

Your ridiculous proposition would have us believe that the citizens of a victorious Nation would become refugees straight after winning two Wars on the trot!!!

I have read "submissions" that the Japanese back then were "economic migrants".

There were NOT.

"During the, so called, Second Sino-Japanese War. Looking into it, I found out Japan has more refugees "

During the second Sino-Japanese war, Japan was beating on the Chinese like there's no tomorrow. Thus there was no need for Japanese to become "refugees"!

Eventually Japan lost the war (not to China), and many left the country.

They were called IMMIGRANTS.

N.B.

You would have to kiss goodbye to 250 quid plus VAT for this little piece of free advice:

A refugee is a successful asylum seeker. You must apply for it.

Definitions already exist and have a clear purpose.

Pointless trying to reinvent the wheel.

Give up man. You simply don't know much about the subject under consideration.

With all due respect.

Japan is not for asylum seekers, specially the fake ones..

Japan is doing good and protect itself from crazy immigration..

For immigrants with poor manners and education is better Europe and good old US..

Fact..

Japan wants to be part of the developed international society among with Western countries and signed several humanitarian treaties so it is fully expected that they also follow such kind of human standards as the UN rightfully ask.

Also it should be the other way around here “Europe and old US”

Good old Europe (5000 years) and US.

Who would want to come to country,where you are not able to live a normal life,but as a serf

"During the WW2 there was a masive exodus of Japanese asylum seekers in Brazil, United States and the Philippines mostly.

And I believe it was much harder to help refugees back then."

A piece of advice:

If you're purporting to "lecture/teach" please learn proper history first and foremost. Then dish out.

They were NOT asylum seekers!

And yes, I KNOW that history.

Thank you in advance.

"Look up in the dictionary, a refuge is a immigrant escaping from a warlike conflict."

You don't know the definition of either; study Law; you need it badly.

I graduated with an LLB.

"Look up in the history books. Japan was heavily involved in a war called World War 2."

Follow your own advice; check the history books.

Properly this time!

WW2 ended in 1945!!!!

Japanese immigrants arrived in the US in the later part of 1800's

They arrived in Brazil circa 1908. Again, as immigrant's.

All those who left Japan after WW2 were IMMIGRANTS!!!

To sum up:

Don't debate Legal definitions as you're not fit to do so.

Study more history, as you're lost here too.

Japan is not for asylum seekers, specially the fake ones..

Japan is doing good and protect itself from crazy immigration..

For immigrants with poor manners and education is better Europe and good old US..

Fact..

Japan among many things which is lacking behind like social welfare,long working hours and low payment need seriously to deal with this issue.

The problem is that a huge population of over 50 Japanese males think themselves above women and foreigners.

This mindset will be hard to eradicate until there is a full replace of political party at the helm and a change of generation.

Arbitrary detention, lack of due process, unnecessarily long detention without decision, lack of independent oversight; these are all features of wa justice in general. I am sure Japan will have signed up to all the necessary worldwide conventions and treaties though (Hence that is why we can see their case monitored by those nasty foreigners who don't understand the wa, for all those who don't like it.)

The change of generation thing doesn't work, William, because young men become old men. I was hoping the same thing 30 years ago.

Remember, the minimum wage foreign labor force lowers the standard of the citizens.

 In the review, the Netherlands referred to the death of a Sri Lankan woman in an immigration detention facility in March 2021, which the victim's family says happened due to a lack of adequate medical care.

Because she tried to game the system.

Rodney,I assume you are fluent in Japanese,why are not on the top level of Japanese society,that should be for any gaijin, foreigners and even illegal in America,build fortune that people like you cannot achieve in Japan,why come to Japan and live paycheck to paycheck,you can do this in your home country

Mr KiplingToday 06:55 am JST

No thank you. Japan's current system is working just fine.

LOL, I'm guessing you are being facetious.

That's what I'm guessing too.

Other than that, agree with all the above.

No thank you. Japan's current system is working just fine.