Large-Scale Demonstration Calls for Scrapping of Revised Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act in Japan

Before the House of Councilors Judicial Committee was scheduled to vote on the bill to revise the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, a large-scale demonstration was held in front of the main gate of the Diet on the 7th, calling for the bill to be scrapped. About 4,000 people (announced by the organizer), including supporters of foreigners and foreigners applying for refugee status, gathered and raised their voices, saying, “No!

Co-sponsored by Anti-Poverty Network. At the demonstration, Daisaku Seto, secretary general of the network, called out, “Never give up until the very end. Let’s keep raising our voices together with our friends.” Yasunari Fujimoto, co-representative of the Peace Forum, raised his voice, saying, “Various problems have arisen one after another, and the legislative fact has collapsed.

Photojournalist Natsuki Yasuda sent a message saying, “I can’t say yes to bills that kill people. It’s not that the people who escaped danger to their lives were weak. Society is wrong.” Attorney Atsuko Nishiyama emphasized, “The immigration authorities only look at them in terms of numbers. Please pass a no-confidence vote against Justice Minister Takeru Saito in the House of Representatives.” (Isoko Mochizuki)