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How To Verify Refugee Status? Justice Minister Avoids Comment on Reinvestigation

Release Date
2024-12-03
Media
JAPAN Forward
Summary
Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki addressed a recent report from the Ministry of Justice that suggested some Kurdish applicants for refugee status in Japan might be "migrant workers." The report, based on a 2004 investigation by the Immigration Bureau, concluded that these individuals were unlikely to qualify for refugee status. Suzuki declined to comment on whether a new investigation would be conducted, stating that individual case reviews were confidential. He emphasized that refugee eligibility is determined based on up-to-date information about applicants' home countries. While acknowledging media coverage of the issue, Suzuki indicated that supplementary investigations might occur if administrative litigation is filed over any refugee status denial.
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