【Emergency Rally】
The 2024 Amendment of Immigration Control Act that prevents "coexistence" - “Ikusei-shuro (育成就労)" system inheriting slavery, and revocation of Permanent Residence Status
#Don’t Revoke the Permanent Residence Status
#No to the 2024 amendments of the Immigration Control Act!
Japan is already a "migrant society.
However, the proposed "amendments" to the Immigration Control Act, the Immigration Control Special Provisions Act, and the Technical Intern Training Act, approved by the Cabinet on March 15, 2024, run counter to the government's goal of "the realization of society of harmonious coexistence”. We believe that these "amendments" will not only continue the deception of the past, but will also lead to new forms of exclusion and discrimination.
What we are calling for is a migration policy that is appropriate to the reality of an "migrant society”. We need a shift to a policy that accepts people as human beings, respects their dignity and rights, and allows them to live in safety and stability. We hold an emergency rally as below to call for a "just migrant society," a society where people respect each other's differences. Please join us.
Date and Time: Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 12:00-13:30
How to join: Online/Zoom
*This meeting will be held in the auditorium of the House of Councilors Building. The venue does not have a simultaneous interpretation environment using an interpreter machine. If you wish to participate at the venue and require English translation, please register using the form below and make sure to bring a communication device (smartphone, tablet, PC, etc.) that can use the ZOOM function and earphones (required).
Application｜ https://forms.gle/LJeUUmjGEfu3hbRf7
Deadline｜ Monday, April 22, 2024 17:00
＊Please wear a mask and take other precautions to protect yourself from infection.
＊Anyone can join this meeting at the venue or online.
【Prograｍ】
- The issue of the new system (Ikusei-shuro system :育成就労制度): Inherited slavery
Akira Hatate (SMJ, Network for the Rights of Technical Intern Trainees, Japan Civil Liberties Union)
- The current situation of Technical Intern Training Program
Shiro Sasaki (Zentoitsu Workers Union)
- Technical Interns forced into slave labor
Ken Kai (SMJ, Gifu General Labor Union)
- Issues of Specified Skills
Sayuri Fujioka (JAM General Union)
- The revocation of Permanent Residence Status, which runs counter to “the realization of society of harmonious coexistence"
Yuki Maruyama (Lawyer)
- Appeals from permanent residents and those seeking to acquire permanent residence status
- Migrant society without migration policy - Seeking for a "just migrant society"
Ippei Torii (SMJ)
Organized by:
- Solidarity Network with Migrants Japan (SMJ)
In cooperation with:
- Network for the Rights of Technical Intern Trainees
- National Christian Liaison Council for the Enactment of a Basic Law for Foreign Residents (Gaiki-kyo)
- Japan Network towards Human Rights Legislation for Non-Japanese Nationals & Ethnic Minorities
- NGO Network for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (ERD-Net)
- Japan Network Against Trafficking in Persons (JNATIP)
- Catholic Commission of Japan for Migrants, Refugees and People on the Move (J-CaRM)
- Forum for Peace, Human Rights and Environment (Peace Forum)
For inquiries, please contact: smj@migrants.jp