Japanese immigration rats out refugees

[Taro Toporific]

Refugees slam Japan immigration for leaking info, endangering them
(Kyodo) - Aug 4, 8:02 pm
Kurdish refugees accused Japanese immigration authorities Wednesday of leaking their personal information to the Turkish government and endangering their status as asylum seekers in Japan in violation of international norms.
...officers revealed the identities of nine asylum seekers to Turkish security authorities and visited the homes of the families of five other asylum seekers together with members of the local police and military....
"This has never happened to Kurdish asylum seekers in Europe," one of the asylum seekers said. "If this kind of thing happens, no one would want to seek asylum in Japan," another said.

[Andocrates]

"If this kind of thing happens, no one would want to seek asylum in Japan," another said.

Duh, you turkish dumbass. Like taking in poor, undertrained and underskilled political refugees is somehow good for the host country.

[kansaiboy]

look its simple....lets take Bali.... there was a bombing there and the Australian Federal Police, ASIO, ASIS as well as the Navy went into full swing.. Including going to Bali, investigating locals, executing warrants in co-ordination with local law enforcement etc... now imagine thats what we did in Bali, but back in Oz things were much more hardcore.... anyone who was a suspect was treated as such and believe me..we didnt screw around...so many people complained...ah we are refugees, we need protection...hey thats fine....BUT as soon as they became a suspect the gloves come off. what they think the feds pick there names out of a phone book....

After sept 11, and bali so many refugees from Iraq, Afghanistan, Indonesia tried to illegally enter Australia, and we got so much grief for putting them in detention... saying how racist we were.... They are lucky to have made it to shore actually.. The Navy in Australia doesnt play games....and they know this.... look at east timor....over in a couple of months.... why, cuz we wanted to go home, not be stuck over there...

Its not a perfect world, and my actual point is a couple of guys seeking asylum here complain that they are being asked questions by Japanese military and turkish officials... bloody hell....suck it up...if this was Oz we would kick your doors down, and ask u with a shotgun to ur head.....

These refugees mostly destroy there documents on entry into the country they are seeking asylum in, so who really knows who the hell they are...especially coming from Central Asia and the Middle East... they have to be processed, this takes time...

[Bongo]

[FG Lurker]

Japan defies U.N., deports refugees
The Japan Times, January 19, 2005
By MASAMI ITO, Staff writer

Acting with uncharacteristic speed, the Justice Ministry bundled a Kurdish father and his son, both U.N.-recognized refugees, onto a plane and sent them back to Turkey on Tuesday, a day after they visited the Immigration Bureau to extend their provisional release.

[...]

On Monday morning, the father and son reported to the Immigration Bureau in Shinagawa Ward to apply for an extension to their provisional release. Before noon, it was announced that the two were being detained. The next day, they were deported.

[...]

By deporting Ahmet and Ramazan, the Justice Ministry has defied the U.N.'s position on the matter, lawyer Ohashi said.

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That's not just being a fucked gaijin... That's getting royally fucked for being a gaijin.

[killjoy]

I think La Migra must have been gunning for them due to the publicity to the case. Probably they will let the mother and children stay a little longer or permanently as a compromise, now that they have made their point about not accepting legal refugees (except in small quantities, after much pressure and as part of worldwide one-offs like the Vietnamese boat people).

Illegal immigrants though, apparently, are the only poor people allowed in (not to be negative, since they are opening the door to more foreigners like nurses and home helpers so the trend is positive but...).i We were all illegal once, or just those of us who came over and got their work visas after the fact. Hope it works out for them.

[Taro Toporific]

[FG Lurker]

Japan defies U.N., deports refugees

Ya gotta hand it to the warmhearted Japanese...

Yep, a whole lotta lovin' goin' on.

I hope it gets *lots* of attention in the international press too.

[Taro Toporific]

[Mulboyne]

U.N. blasts Japan for deporting Turkish Kurds
The United Nations accused Japan on Tuesday of violating international law by deporting two Turkish Kurd asylum-seekers it considered to be entitled to refugee status. In a strongly worded statement criticising its second-largest donor, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said the man and his 20-year-old son had been flown back to Turkey on Tuesday despite its last-minute appeals.
It also voiced concern that the man's wife and three other children faced the same fate. "UNHCR considers the deportation contrary to Japan's obligations under international law," the agency said.
FG Thread: Japan is Refugee Hell for Kurds!
Japan Today via Kurdistan Observer: Japan Mishandles Kurdish Refugee Issue

Kyodo via Japan Today: Koizumi defends human rights stance after Kurdish refugees deported
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Wednesday defended Japan's position on human rights a day after two Kurds who had been recognized as refugees by the U.N. refugee agency were deported. The two Kurds are members of a family who are recognized as refugees by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. "Japan's policy is to consider individual human rights as much as possible, but existing domestic laws must be the determining factor, even if it means some people will be deported," he said. Meanwhile, the Justice Ministry's Immigration Bureau said it cannot comment on individual cases.

[FG Lurker]

It'd be great if Japan's stance on items such as this negatively affected their chances to get a seat on the security council... If it does actually affect it the UN should make this *very* clear.

In such a case we might actually see some changes in Japanese policy.

Maybe.

[vir-jin]

we won't see a change. extending a community by taking in new members- the suction of a circle. If 191 people form a group and take a new member in, the premium members will request the new one to adapt to their community. That's how any culture works. The more members of one group the bigger the pressure on the new comer. To take in a new member does never happen because he is accepted as superior but inferior and may adapt too much to be totally accepted. The new member will work hard for the superior to get accepted. That's a labour worker.

Vice versa we have Japan aiming to get totally accepted by the UN. Japan is useful at it's support. Japan want's to get accepted in the world. Japan will take in foreigners to extend it's own borders. We have 26 political refugees? We need more labour workers? Never mind. We don't need political refugees and we will get labour workers.

my plan for the next 30 years

1)30.000 labour workers from the most inferior asian country.
2)New laws to protect- the foreigners from the Japanese- the Japanese from the foreigners, a ghetto with invisible law borders
3)decline of economic power- spent on world politics, adapting to the west, production in other asian countries to save money, with other words...expansion

the consequences:
-->not too bad: a huge nationalistic riot.
-->worse: another world war, cause all the other, inferior asian countries won't accept the expansion in silence. Japan's biggest problem: " We are the most special nation in the world"- ignorance. Japan as the only country in Asia to be accepted by Western standards- a very weak and lonely position throughout Asia. In the end Asia will make Japan to adapt to their community.
-->worst: Japan gets away with my plan

[FG Lurker]

Deportees' compatriot wins a month's reprieve
Japan Times, January 22, 2005

Kurd asylum-seeker Erdal Dogan's provisional release was renewed Friday by immigration officials in Tokyo.

Tension was high as he entered the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Shinagawa Ward after two other Kurdish asylum-seekers -- Ahmet Kazankiran and his son Ramazan -- were detained and quickly deported back to Turkey earlier this week.

[...]

"I couldn't sleep last night," Dogan said after his provisional release was renewed. " I was sure they were going to detain me. I am so happy I have at least one more month."

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[vir-jin]

Prime Minister Junichiro "Koizumi often uses the word 'humanity,' but I've realized that human rights does not exist in the term of humanity that he uses," Matsuoka said.

Koizumi goes for diplomacy. Means he says no and everybody believes he said yes.

[FG Lurker]

Japan deportations attracts UNHCR ire
Financial Times, January 24, 2005

Japan has come under fire from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees over the deportation last week of two Kurdish asylum-seekers who had been granted refugee status by the UNHCR.

The high-profile case has emerged as Junichiro Koizumi, prime minister, is seeking a larger role for Japan on the international stage in a bid to win a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.

The UNHCR contends that the deportation of the two Kurds back to Turkey represented refoulement -sending a person back to a country in which they may face serious human rights abuses, a practice prohibited under international refugee law.

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Maybe there will be repercussions for this after all... It'd be nice!

[Taro Toporific]

Deportees' compatriot wins a month's reprieve
Japan Times, January 22, 2005

(Kyodo)
TOKYO, Japan- Zeliha Kazankiran (2nd from R), a Kurd seeking asylum in Japan, answers reporters' questions Jan. 24 before entering the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau. The same day, the bureau renewed her monthly provisional status to stay in Japan along with that of four other members of her family. Her father, Ahmet Kazankiran, and brother, Ramazan, were deported Jan. 18.

[Mulboyne]

Asahi: Immigration softens refugee stance
Responding to requests from the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, the Justice Ministry has decided not to detain asylum seekers recognized by the United Nations as refugees, officials said Thursday. The shift in stance comes after the Justice Ministry and the UNHCR held meetings about the Jan. 18 deportation to Turkey of two Kurdish asylum seekers-Ahmet Kazankiran and his son. Both were recognized as "mandate refugees" by the UNHCR. On the day they were deported, the UNHCR issued a statement criticizing the move as going against the spirit of the 1951 Refugee Convention, which Japan signed and which prohibits the return of asylum seekers to the country they have fled. On Wednesday, the director of UNHCR's Asia-Pacific regional bureau met with Justice Ministry officials to discuss the matter. On Thursday, an official with the ministry's Immigration Bureau said that it will "suspend detention of those recognized as mandate refugees indefinitely."...more...

[emperor]

When asked on national tv why hadnt he joined his mother in America (his father is still in nigeria), he replied... "For the first six months here, i thought i was in America" ....

Deported Nigerian student back in Ireland

The Nigerian student, Olukunle Eluhanla, who was deported two weeks ago has returned to Ireland.
The 20-year-old arrived at Dublin Airport this morning still wearing his school uniform, and was greeted by friends and supporters.
Speaking on his arrival, Mr Eluhanla thanked the students at Palmerstown Community School in Dublin and other groups that campaigned on his behalf.
He also thanked the Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell, for granting him a six-month visa to return to Ireland and take his Leaving Certificate examinations.
He added that he has no intention of ever leaving Ireland.
Waving a tricolour flag, he was carried on the shoulders of his friends through the airport.
Mr Eluhanla is due to appear on RTÉ's The Late Late Show tonight. He is also expected to take part in an anti-deportation protest tomorrow before returning to school on Monday.
This morning's scenes are not expected to be repeated as Mr McDowell has said that it was a once-off decision and a review of the Government's deportation policy has been ruled out.
The campaign for Mr Eluhanla's return saw a number of protests outside the Dáil and the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Diarmuid Martin, voiced his support for the student's case.
A spokesman for the Department of Justice has said that the 20-year-old has the option of applying for an extension of the visa when the six months lapses.

[Mulboyne]

Asahi: High court upholds refugee's status
In a rare decision, the Tokyo High Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that said the Justice Ministry was wrong to deny refugee status to a man who had been a senior member of the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar (Burma). It is only the second case in which a high court has ruled that an asylum seeker was a refugee. In the previous case in June, the Osaka High Court also ruled in favor of a Burmese man...more...

[Mulboyne]

OhMyNews: Japan 's Policy of Exclusion of Refugees (Part 1)

OhMyNews: Japan 's Policy of Exclusion of Refugees (Part 2)

Despite having ratified the 1951 Convention on Refugees in 1981, Japan accepts relatively few refugees compared with other countries. The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) reports Japan received 3,544 applications for refugee status between 1982 and 2004 but granted only 330 requests. In 2004 Japan accepted 15 persons as refugees, while the U.K. accepted 12,925 and the U.S. 21,148. Low numbers aside, there are also a number of problems in Japan's refugee recognition procedures that pose threats to asylum seekers' personal well being...In the first part of a two-part series, Iwasaki Atsuko investigates problems in Japan's refugee recognition procedures that pose threats to asylum seekers' well-being...more...

[Buraku]

Kawaguchi City and Warabi City in Saitama Prefecture home to about 2,000 Kurds the Kurds gather in front of the convenience store at night and make noise, the Japan people are not able to shop alone, convenience store managers are also worried.

埼玉県川口市、蕨市にはクルド人が約2,000人住んでいます。夜のコンビニの前にはクルド人が集まり騒いでいます。若い女性、高齢者の1人での買い物はできない状況になっており、コンビニのバイトも女性は集まらずに、コンビニ経営者も頭を抱えている状態です。

クルド人が日本の埼玉県の治安を悪化させる

https://twitter.com/matsuhis1/status/16 ... 6468405251

Kawaguchi City ... "Slashing knives" Turkish man arrested Trouble between Turks?

https://twitter.com/matsuhis1/status/16 ... 9430784001