"Proposals for the Regularization of Irregular Residents" submitted to the Ministry of Justice

On March 27, 2019, we submitted a "Proposal for the Regularization of Irregular Residents" to the Ministry of Justice.

With the new immigration law coming into force in April this year, there has been much discussion in the media and in the Diet.
There was no discussion about providing relief to the residents.
The "Comprehensive Measures for Accepting and Coexisting with Foreign Talent" that was decided upon includes the following points:
The policy calls for "thorough elimination of those on provisional release," and includes measures such as stricter monitoring of the movements of those on provisional release and early execution of removal orders.
While APFS supports many irregular migrants, there are also cases where they are unable to return to their home countries for various reasons.
(Those whose livelihood and economic base is only in Japan, families with children born and raised in Japan, etc.)
Before accepting new foreign workers under this new law, we have looked into these irregular
He recommended that immigrants be legalized.

When immigration laws are revised overseas, amnesty is used to allow people to enter the country under certain conditions.
There are cases where irregular residents are legalized. Japan has also taken advantage of the recent revision of the Immigration Control Act to grant special permission to stay.
He called for flexible use of the system to legalize undocumented residents.

The proposal states: 1. To provide an explanatory document regarding the decision on whether or not to grant a zaitoku status;
In addition to the "Guidelines for Special Permission to Stay," the judgement is based on international human rights treaties (International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, etc.)
3. To position petitions for retrial as a legal system.
4. Children born and raised in Japan should be given special status.
He listed a total of four points:

The Ministry of Justice's Immigration Bureau General Affairs Division's Chief Tamura and Mr. Kizaki responded to the request, saying that many petitions and other matters related to immigration had been received.
Regarding irregular immigrants, if public awareness of the issue grows, we will consider the current situation and change the treatment.
However, it will take time for the specific skills system to get on track.
So, the view was that we should focus on that.

APFS will continue to support undocumented immigrants and raise our voices together with them.
I think so.
　　
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