"Refugees who have just come to Japan have a hard time living due to the problem of the new Corona."
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The Asian Foundation for Welfare Education (Fukushikyo Izuzain) held a meeting in Tokyo on May 5 to think about helping foreigners living in Japan. About 100 refugees and others in Japan gathered. At the meeting, we talked about refugees who have lived in Japan for a long time helping refugees who have just come to Japan and technical intern trainees who learn skills while working. Some technical intern trainees are unable to eat because of the covid-19 problem, which has reduced their work money. There are refugees who do not understand japanese information issued by cities and towns. For this reason, he said that it is necessary to be able to consult more with foreigners and to help. The Asian Foundation for Welfare Education said, "I would like to help people who are in need of living together with foreigners who have lived for a long time."
The pandemic has made it worse for refugees who have just arrived in Japan to live a life that is already not rich
1. The Asian Foundation for Welfare education (Fukushikyo Izuzain) held a meeting in Tokyo on May 5 to think about helping foreigners living in Japan.
On May 5, the Asian Welfare Education Foundation held a reflection meeting in Tokyo on helping foreigners living in Japan.
2. About 100 refugees in Japan gathered.
Refugees in Japan and 100 others gathered.
3. At the meeting, we talked about refugees who have lived in Japan for a long time helping refugees who have just come to Japan and technical intern trainees who learn skills while working.
At the meeting, there was a discussion about how refugees who had lived in Japan from the past were helping refugees who had just arrived in Japan and technical intern trainees who were learning technology while working.
4. Some technical intern trainees are unable to eat because of the new coronavirus problem, which has reduced their work money.
Among the technical intern trainees, some people have been paid less because of the new coronavirus problem, and they can't even eat.
5. Some refugees do not understand the Japanese information provided by cities and towns. For this reason, he said that it is necessary to be able to consult more with foreigners and to help.
There are also refugees who do not know much about Japanese messages sent by cities and towns. Therefore, at the reflection meeting, it was mentioned that it is necessary to help foreigners so that they can communicate more with relevant units such as cities and towns.
6. The Asian Foundation for Welfare Education said, "I would like to help people who are in trouble with their lives together with foreigners who have lived for a long time."
The Asian Welfare Education Foundation said: "I hope to work with foreigners who used to live here to help people in difficulty."
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Asian Foundation for Welfare Education: Provide necessary and appropriate assistance, protection, and cooperation for the welfare and education of orphans, mothers and children, refugees, etc. in Asian countries, contribute to the stability of civilian life between the regions, and strengthen friendly relations between Japan and other countries. In addition, we implemented enlightenment projects related to the above-mentioned projects.
As more and more foreigners come to Japan to seek work, how Japanese society accepts these foreigners in Japan will attract worldwide attention.
In April 2019, an amendment to the Immigration Administration Act introduced a new "specific skills" system for the status of residence for foreigners coming to Japan for employment purposes. Although the number of people accepted was not large, for the first time, a status of residence was set for blue-collar workers who came to work in Japan. After all, the Japanese people who have an extreme sense of discrimination against foreigners are a very small minority. Take the examples around you, in the ubiquitous convenience stores in daily life, there are many young people from Asian countries working, and few Japanese people will dislike them. On the contrary, almost all of them treat these young people who are working hard in a foreign country with kindness. Due to the problem of low birthrates, the young population continues to decline, and it will be increasingly difficult for Japanese society to maintain its functioning without the help of foreigners. The understanding of this status quo has gradually become the consensus of people. The biggest issue is how Japanese society accepts foreigners living here.
Although the government has responded positively, on the other hand, there are also worrying problems. That was the sharp increase in the number of "technical intern trainees" introduced in 1993. The most recent figure is surging at a rate of 80,000 people per year, and the number of missing people every year is also increasing at a rate of 9,000. In some small and medium-sized cities in Japan with a sharply declining population, the employment of technical intern trainees has increased dramatically due to the growing problem of understaffing. Enterprises in these regions lack experience in hiring foreigners, and the new employment and livelihood problems arising from the rapid growth rate of interns are worrying. The increase in the number of "technical intern trainees" who do not have the freedom to jump jobs may involve problems such as disappearance and illegal detention. In addition, these interns receive a minimum wage when they work, which makes it difficult to establish an equal relationship with Japanese people, and it may also lead to discrimination and worsening of law and order. The revision of the foreign labor acceptance system has become an urgent issue that needs to be solved urgently.