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.
Japan: Open the Door- Japan’s Policy of Exclusion of Refugees
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- Asia Pacific: Successful Immigration Detention Workshop held in Malaysia
The IDC, together with the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) ran the Asia Pacific Regional Immigration Detention Working Group (IDWG) Workshop in Kuala Lumpur in late November, with approximately 50 participants from 18 countries. - Americas: First IDC regional detention workshop held in Mexico
Sixty participants from 17 countries across a broad spectrum of the western hemisphere tackled immigration detention in the first IDC regional workshop in the Americas held in Mexico City last week. - First regional Alternatives to Detention Roundtable in Brussels, November 2011
The IDC this week presented to governments and civil society from across Western Europe and Malta, as well as to the Council of Europe at the first regional Alternatives Roundtable organized in Brussels.
- Asia Pacific: Successful Immigration Detention Workshop held in Malaysia
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