Lawyers, asylum seekers protest in Osaka over planned revision of Japan immigration law
May 6, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
People march to protest against a planned draft revision to the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act in Osaka s Kita Ward, on May 5, 2021. (Mainichi/Rei Kubo) OSAKA Some 150 people participated in a demonstration in the city of Osaka on May 5 to protest the proposed revision of the Japanese immigration law, marching with signs containing messages such as, Don t make the immigration law worse. The draft revision to the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, currently in Diet proceedings, would bring about strict measures to deport foreign nationals without residency status in Japan. March participants included lawyers, supporters and asylum seekers, as they walked in silence as part of measures to prevent coronavirus infections.
Protest held in front of Osaka immigration bureau against long detention of asylum seekers
April 14, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
People protest the bill to revise the immigration law in front of the Osaka Regional Immigration Services Bureau in Osaka s Suminoe Ward on April 13, 2021. (Mainichi/Rei Kubo) OSAKA A demonstration opposing the bill to revise the immigration law was held in front of the Osaka Regional Immigration Services Bureau in the city s Suminoe Ward on April 13, with protesters silently displaying placards with messages such as Long detentions violate human rights. The Japanese government submitted the draft revision to the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act in the ongoing Diet session. Its aim is said to be to solve issues of long-term detentions of foreign nationals served with deportation orders at immigration facilities. While the bill would establish a supervisory measure system in which people would be permitted to live outside of deten