At GRIPS Forum on April 17, 2023, Ms. Eri Ishikawa, Chair of the Board, Japan Association for Refugees, gave a lecture titled “Refugee Protection in Japan -Challenges and Opportunities-”.

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Abstract:

The number of people forced to flee their homes around the world continues to increase, reaching 100 million last year. Japan joined the Refugee Convention after accepting Indochina refugees, and accepts refugee applications from individuals who has fled to Japan, examines them, and grants refugee status or other status. Japan also accepts displaced people from Myanmar, Afghanistan, Ukraine on different schemes. This lecture will provide an overview of refugee reception in Japan, consider the challenges it faces, and consider the situation surrounding refugees in Japan.

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Speaker: Ms. Eri Ishikawa

Chair of the Board, Japan Association for Refugees

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Speaker’s Profile:

Graduated from Sophia University, she became interested in refugee issues after the civil war in Rwanda in 1994, and participated in the launch of the Japan Association for Refugees (JAR) in 1999. She is co-author of Frontiers of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (Gendai Jinbunsha). She is a part-time lecturer at Sophia University and Hitotsubashi University School of International and Public Policy.

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