Category: asylum seekers
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Photography: Kiran
This is Kiran who I posted about recently. He’s one of the asylum seekers I’m following. His day’s seem pretty empty and he relies on the local muslim community for the majority of things. 前も紹介した難民申請中のキランさん。 毎日暇しているみたい。そして、地域のムスリム社会にかなり頼っています。
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Photography: Refugees United
I’ve just watched a video about Refugees United, an organization that helps to reconnect displaced refugees with their families. Some of the refugees I am photographing here in Japan are lucky enough to be in touch with their families thousands of miles away, but some are not. Hopefully organizations like this can help the less […]
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Photography: Royal Trading
I’ve been visiting Royal Trading International for a few weeks now to find contacts for the refugee project I’m currently working on. It’s a small Pakistani owned car trading company that buys in Japan and sells all over Asia, Africa, and Europe. Consequently, even with the briefest of visits you can meet people from pretty […]
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Photography: Mohamed
Mohamed, a Myanmar refugee, came to Japan 5 years ago. Unlike the majority of refugee applicants I’ve met in Japan he applied for refugee status upon arrival at Narita airport. This means the Japanese government treats him slightly different to other applicants here with the main differences being the ability to work, and only having […]
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Photography: Money Problems
One obvious problem with being a refugee applicant is the restrictions on work. In Japan applicants are not allowed to work and instead have to rely on a small allowance from the government (around ¥40,000 per month) and donations from charities such as Second Harvest . 難民申請中の方は働くことが禁止されています。そのかわりに政府から毎月約¥40,000の支援やSecond Harvest などのチャリティーから支援を貰っています。
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