Support for international students in distress because they cannot return to Japan with the new Corona 15:33, June 2
Economic activities have resumed in Japan following the cancellation of the emergency declaration, but some international students are unable to return to Japan and are in need of living. Nowadays, the movement to support such international students is spreading.
In Colombia in South America, due to the influence of the new coronavirus, measures to restrict air flights from abroad are taken until the end of August, so 46 Colombian international students are still unable to return from Japan. I will.
For this reason, the Colombian Embassy in Tokyo has been supporting the sending of sweets and masks donated by companies to international students since the middle of last month, and more than 40 have been delivered so far.
Among them, 9 people who are especially in need are sent electronic money for transportation of about 20,000 yen to get groceries.
Ambassador to Japan Pardo said, "I want to be available 24 hours a day to help people in need."
In addition, a simple lodging facility in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo accepts foreign students who have lost their destinations free of charge, as income from overseas tourists has sharply decreased.
Sri Lankan Maduka Rana Shinge (24), who has been staying since the 18th of last month, spent 100,000 yen a month at a fast food restaurant while attending a Japanese language school in Osaka city from April last year, and living expenses. And the rent for the dormitory was covered.
However, the shift in part-time jobs decreased and the rent was delinquent for two months, so I had no choice but to move out, and I came to the agency as an intermediary.
Rana Shinge said, "I couldn't afford to pay the rent, and the principal of the Japanese language school told me to go to another apartment. I was sad until I came here."
President Takashi Watanabe, who runs the lodging facility, said, "Even if the declaration of an emergency is lifted in Japan, the life of foreign students will continue until they return to Japan, so I would like to support them as much as possible."
International students who receive support "I am relieved"
Carlos Duque, 28, an international student who received electronic money and other support from the Colombian Embassy, said, “The embassy sent us a lot of food. We also used electronic money to buy rice, eggs, meat, etc. at supermarkets. I bought a lot of. I am relieved now. Thank you very much."