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Japan rejects 99% of asylum applications

By France 24
21 Jun 2018 | 4:40 am | 5m 33s

Last year, Japan granted refugee status to just 20 people, out of nearly 19,000 applicants. Officially, Japan refuses to allow mass immigration and remains one of the most closed countries in the world.

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