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Japan continues to rarely grant refugee status |
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Year |
No. of people who applied for refugee status |
No. of people granted refugee status |
Percentage granted refugee status |
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2017 |
19,629 |
20 |
0.1% |
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2018 |
10,493 |
42 |
0.4 |
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2019 |
10,375 |
44 |
0.4 |
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2020 |
3,936 |
47 |
1.2 |
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2021 |
2,413 |
74 |
3.1 |
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Source: Based on Ministry of Justice statistics Note: Application numbers are low for 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID pandemic. |
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