{"id":588,"date":"2024-04-26T21:13:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T12:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/?p=588"},"modified":"2024-05-02T21:34:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T12:34:42","slug":"japanese-government-grants-residence-permit-to-russian-national-who-is-anti-putin-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/?p=588","title":{"rendered":"Japanese government grants residence permit to Russian national who is anti-Putin regime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

News Article<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to the Sankei Shimbun, \u201cJapanese government considers crackdown on granting residence permits to a Russian national who is anti-Putin regime,\u201d 2024\/04\/25(written in Japanese)<\/a>, \u201cJapanese government granted a “special permission to stay” in mid-March to a Russian man who criticizes Russia’s Putin regime and seeking refugee status before the invasion of Ukraine began, which allows him to stay in the country on an exceptional basis at the discretion of the Minister of Justice. This was revealed by the man himself and others involved. It is unusual for Russians who apply for refugee status to be granted a residence permit. \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the Immigration Agency announcement \u201cNumber of recognized refugees in 2023\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Just on the 26th of last month, the Immigration Services Agency announced the number of people recognized as refugees in 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The article states that “It is unusual for Russians who apply for refugee recognition to be granted a residence permit,”. According to the above, it appears that Russians make up a small percentage of refugee recognition applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Refugee eligibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Russian national had originally applied for refugee status, but although he was denied recognition, he was granted special residence permission for humanitarian reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The article continues below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn Russia, the government has been thoroughly suppressing dissident citizens since the invasion of Ukraine, and it is possible that the Japanese government took this situation into account. \u201d he emphasized. If he returned to Russia, he said, ”he would be put in prison or sent to the battlefield in Ukraine.” \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As stated in my blog post, \u201cRegarding cases recognized as refugees, etc.<\/a>,\u201d the definition of a refugee is \u201ca person who is outside the country of his nationality and is ineligible for the protection of that country because of a well-founded fear of being persecuted due to race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seems that the Russian national in question naturally falls under the category of refugee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judgment steps by the Immigration Bureau<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From the same post, I have reproduced the Immigration Agency’s decision-making steps below, based on my own interpretation from “cases in which a person has been recognized as a refugee, etc.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n