Category: refugee
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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: Elderly Asylum Seekers
I met this elderly Indian couple through friends at Royal Trading and I found their story to be particularly poignant. Their son, who I believe was in his early twenties, was working in the Japanese car exporting business but was unfortunately killed in a car accident here in Japan. Before his untimely death he had…
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Photography: Active in Society
One of the things I have noticed during my time on the refugee/asylum seeker project is the clear division between people who actively try to engage in society and those that shy away from it. There are of course numerous reasons for this, most noticebly language problems, boredom, and paranoia. But it goes without saying…
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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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Photography: Monthly Immigration Visits 1
Part of being a refugee applicant are the monthly visits to Immigration. Victoria has been going every month for the past 9 years to extend her children’s and her own provisional release from detention despite having her hands full as a mother. 難民の方が毎月入国管理局に行けなければなりません。ビクトリアさんが家族の為に9年間前から仮放免期間延印を取りに行っています。
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Photography: Victoria
This is Victoria and her children. Victoria is originally from Tanzania but has been living in Japan for the past 9 years. Her husband is Ugandan and their children were all born and raised in Japan. They speak only Japanese and go to Japanese schools like other children their age. Due to Japanese law the…
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