"Refugee recognition is linked to human life. The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees urges giving applicants the benefit of the doubt. Naoko Hashimoto, associate professor at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, who appeared in a Diet session as an unsworn witness, said deporting a refugee is equivalent to "execution" in some cases." - The Mainichi
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230610/p2a/00m/0op/009000c

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"The bill to revise the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act has been passed into law. It will allow the Japanese government to make sure that foreign nationals without valid visas are returned home. The revised law will come into force within a year. "

Editorial: Japan's revised immigration law undermines human rights protection principle - The Mainichi https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230610/p2a/00m/0op/009000c

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"Japan’s parliament has approved a revision to an immigration and refugee law that will allow the forced repatriation of asylum seekers after they are denied refugee status twice, a change that rights activists say could lead to their persecution at home"

Japan OKs refugee law change allowing forced repatriation of asylum seekers after repeated rejection
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/japan-oks-refugee-law-change-allowing-forced-repatriation-99962807

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