While the government is actively accepting refugees from Ukraine, experts working on refugee support held a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Association of Japan on the 22nd, and evacuees fleeing from other conflict areas such as Afghanistan. He also complained that similar support was needed.
At the Foreign Correspondents' Association of Japan in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, on the 22nd, Professor Reiko Ogawa of Chiba University, who specializes in immigration policy and serves as a national refugee examination counselor, and Tokumasa Orii, the representative director of Pathways Japan, a private organization working on refugee support, met. Did.
The government actively accepts refugees from Ukraine and cooperates with local governments and the private sector to support travel expenses and living expenses.
In accepting evacuees, Orii said that the government's response was unusual and that "evacuees from other conflict areas such as Afghanistan should also be supported."
Professor Ogawa also said, "People in Afghanistan are desperate that they are forgotten. Why does the government's response to people from Ukraine not apply to evacuees from other countries? It's difficult to explain, "he said, calling for greater support.