162: Things just got a bit tougher for asylum-seekers in Japan

Japan has a notoriously bad reputation when it comes to accepting refugees, and some politicians and NGOs believe things just got worse. Politics reporter Gabriele Ninivaggi joins the show to discuss what’s new in a controversial immigration reform law.  
Hosted by Shaun McKenna and produced by Dave Cortez.

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Read/Listen more: 

• What you need to know about the revision of Japan’s asylum law (Gabriele Ninivaggi, The Japan Times)
• Japan’s new immigration law raises concerns over safety of refugee applicants (Kyodo)
• Her death shook Japan. But it may not shift its refugee policy. (Hisako Ueno and Ben Dooley, The New York Times)
• Deep Dive #40: An 11-year-long fight for asylum in Japan 

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Photo: People opposing the revision of Japan's immigration control and refugee recognition law march in Tokyo on May 16, 2021. Many held up photos of Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali, a Sri Lankan woman who died in March while being held at the Nagoya Regional Immigration Services Bureau in central Japan. | KYODO