peco @peco@fedibird.com

AND THE BILL WAS PASSED.

"fall short of international human rights standards,"
For example, Turkish Kurds are granted refugee status in many countries, but only one of about 2,000 Kurdish asylum-seekers from Turkey has been recognized as a refugee in Japan so far.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Japan-immigration/Japan-passes-immigration-reform-bill-4-things-to-know
QT: https://fedibird.com/@peco/110622018821200291 [参照]

Far from being helped in their hour of need, they speak of being subjected to arbitrary, endless detention in prison-like immigration facilities,”

“Their testimonies make clear that Japan’s immigration detention system needs reform, but instead the Japanese authorities are attempting to pass an amendment bill that will enable them to carry on detaining asylum seekers and other irregular migrants by default.”

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/03/japan-endless-detention-migrants-speak-out-as-government-proposes-harsh-immigration-bill/

Meanwhile the Champaign of "Equal Opportunity for Women" in Kanagawa Prefecture🤯
QT: https://fedibird.com/@peco/110621941287041725 [参照]

"male leaders with strong enthusiasm for gender equality are still needed", according to local paper Shimotsuke Shimbun. Still, the optics are not likely to help Japan ward off mounting criticism of its deficiencies in gender and LGBT rights from its peers in the informal economic bloc of advanced democracies.

https://time.com/6290088/japan-gender-equality-g7/

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