The Plight of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Japan: The Past (Part 1)

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Rentaikan

Amnesty International Nagoya Multicultural Group

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3 days ago

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The Plight of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Japan: The Past (Part 1)

Rentaikan

30 minutes 26 seconds

3 years ago

The Plight of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Japan: The Past (Part 1)

Thank you for listening to this episode of Rentaikan, the official podcast of Amnesty International Nagoya Multicultural Group (Provisional).
This episode is the first in a three part series concerning the situation regarding refugees in Japan. In this episode, we sat down with Dr. Naoko Hashimoto, an Associate Professor who lectures on global issues that include those related to refugees and migration in both English and in Japanese at the Graduate School of Social Sciences, at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo. We talked about the history and processes surrounding asylum applications in Japan, why Japan has a low acceptance rate compared to other nations and whether focusing on rates is productive as an advocacy tool, as well as what her take was concerning how the system could be reformed.

For those who would like to know about Dr. Hashimoto's work, you can access her ResearchMap profile here.

For more info on Refugee Empowerment International's Virtual walk from Kigali to Goma, please click this link.

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Reading List:
Complementary Protection in Japan: To What Extent Does Japan Offer Effective International Protection to Those who Fall Outside the 1951 Refugee Convention? by Brian Aycock and Naoko Hashimoto, Laws 2021

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