Japan gov't draft revision to immigration law criticized for undervaluing human rights

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Japan gov't draft revision to immigration law criticized for undervaluing human rights
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A woman from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, right, looks back on her time in a detention facility. Even under temporary release, she told attorney Chie Komai, a supporter, that she was worried about the future, in Kanagawa Prefecture, in February 2021. (Mainichi/Takakazu Murakami)
TOKYO -- Draft revisions to the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act that aim to solve issues of long-term detentions of foreign nationals at immigration facilities are to be deliberated in the current Diet session, but they have been criticized as undervaluing foreign nationals' rights.

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