The Plight of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Japan: The Present (Part 2)

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Rentaikan

Amnesty International Nagoya Multicultural Group

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The Plight of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Japan: The Present (Part 2)

Rentaikan

32 minutes 27 seconds

3 years ago

The Plight of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Japan: The Present (Part 2)

Thank you for listening to this episode of Rentaikan, the official podcast of Amnesty International Nagoya Multicultural Group. Our deepest apologies for the delays involved in releasing this episode, but thankfully we finally managed to get this uploaded. Also, despite the show intro saying we are still provisional, we transitioned into official group status some months ago!

*TRIGGER WARNING* Discussions concerning attempted suicide

This episode is the second in a three part series concerning the situation regarding refugees in Japan. In this episode, we interview Naoya Kawaguchi, an attorney, a director of Door to Asylum Nagoya, the director general of the Nagoya Lawyers' Network for Refugees, and a member of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations' Civil Liberties Commission to discuss the difference between de jure regulations and de facto treatment asylum seekers and refugees receive in Japan, the non-legal barriers put in front of them besides those related to definitions put forth in international treaties, and the role that provisional release and mandatory detention play in discouraging asylum seekers.

For those who would like to know more about Mr. Kawaguchi's work, you can access his profile here (Japanese only)

For those who would like to find out more about Door to Asylum Nagoya, please click the following link to access their website or check out their Facebook page.

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Reading List:
Japanese government presents immigration law revision but questions remain NHK World Japan, February 2021

Family of woman who died in detention files complaint against Japan officials BBC November 2021

We would like to thank Kawaguchi Sensei and Kusumoto San from Kawaguchi Law Office and Maho Hadano from Door to Asylum Nagoya for helping to organize this.