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Japan – The Justice Ministry plans to block nationals from Turkey and Iran from obtaining a new work visa to be introduced in April, in response to a lack of cooperation from the two nations in accepting deported citizens from Japan.
The ministry will make a final decision by the end of March based on the result of public comments to be solicited. The new “specified skills” work visa will be implemented under the revised Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law to accept more foreign workers as part of efforts to alleviate severe labor shortages in Japan.
The revised law stipulates a condition that people from overseas can only enter Japan if they have passports issued by countries that smoothly accept their nationals when deported from Japan.
There are reportedly many cases in which Iran refused to issue a document necessary for deportation when a national refused to return to Iran, citing its constitutional provision of protecting freedom of movement for living purposes. It is also said that Turkey does not accept transfers of its nationals if their passports have expired.
Under international norms, countries have obligations to accept their own nationals if deported from another country, and thus the ministry likely determined that the two countries’ nationals should be ruled out from obtaining the “specified skills” resident status.
Source and full English article: The Asahi shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201902190024.html
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