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Why does Japan accept so few refugees?
Only 0.2% of all asylum applications are approved in Japan, compared to 30% in the UK, reports Rupert Wingfield-Hayes.
In Germany and Canada around 40% of applications for asylum are approved, in Britain more than 30%.
But in Japan the number is 0.2%, and the process is gruelling.
Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Tokyo has been trying to find out why.
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08 Jun
- From the section Asia
