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A Sri Lankan s tragic death in Japan casts a harsh spotlight on controversial refugee system
Ms Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali died on March 6, having lost 20kg in detention over a stress-induced stomach condition.PHOTO: WISHMA RATHNAYAKE/FACEBOOK
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Two Vietnamese trainees turned to a Buddhist temple in Tokyo for help in January after they lost their jobs at a supermarket in Shikoku. (Mari Fujisaki)
Two Vietnamese trainees in their 20s, fired by a Shikoku supermarket at the end of last year as a result of the pandemic economy, came all the way to Tokyo to get help from a support group to find new work.
The Japan-Vietnam Coexistence Support Group, which assisted the two fired workers, is trying to place unemployed Vietnamese trainees at dozens of companies across Japan that are known to be trustworthy employers.
Jiho Yoshimizu, a nun who runs the Tokyo support group, said her group has received thousands of cases seeking help to date. Nearly 100 landed new jobs through the group’s assistance.