Política migratória japonesa para refugiados: um caso de não cumprimento da norma internacional?

Abstract

In 1982, Japan adopted the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its Protocol, but the country has presented a low rate of refuge to applicants arriving in its territory. Despite its position as an important donor to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Japanese State shows a sign of non-compliance with the international norm, as the adoption process was marked by divergent interests between ministries, contradictions between national and international identities, as well as opposition between domestic and international norms. In this context, a policy has been developed, which is incapable of understanding the situation of refugees’ vulnerability. All this reflects in procedures that lack transparency and do not meet the demands of the Convention.