Japan: 1) Japan's status vis à vis the UN Convention and Protocol; 2) Mechanics of the Japanese determination system
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 October 1989 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | JPN2661 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Japan: 1) Japan's status vis à vis the UN Convention and Protocol; 2) Mechanics of the Japanese determination system, 1 October 1989, JPN2661, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad3840.html [accessed 22 May 2023] |
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1) Before the Vietnamese Boat People crisis at the end of the 1970s, Japan did not have any legislation concerning political asylum, although the country was granting refugee status to Indo-Chinese through diverse administrative arrangements since 1975 [ Saito C. 1988, "Japan's Asylum Policy", Refugees (UNHCR), no. 50, February 1984: 37.]. Only in 1982 did the Japanese government accede to the 1967 UN protocol relating to the Status of Refugees and enacted an Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act [ Idem.].
2) For information on the operation of the Japanese Refugee Determination system, please consult the attached documentation which was provided by of Mr. Hans Thoolen, Chief, Centre for Documentation on Refugees, UNHCR Geneva.
