Sharing the burden: The role of government and NGOs in protecting and providing for asylum seekers and refugees in Japan

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 481-508

  Dean, Meryll ^a   Nagashima, Miki ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burden sharing; Japan; Protection; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; IMMIGRATION POLICY; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLICY REFORM; REFUGEE; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; STATE ROLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 35348975612     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: 14716925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/fem009     Document Type: Article

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