ABSTRACT
A person, having been recognised as a refugee in Japan, expressed the following sentiments:1
I experienced disgrace in my state, but I do so in Japan too. Because I have only bargaining rights here.
The grant of refugee status in Japan has various legal consequences for the refugee in response to the obligations stipulated in articles 2 to 34 of the Convention. In this final and supplementary chapter, selected concerns – that is, residence status, nonrefoulement, freedom of movement, wage-earning employment and assistance for settlement – are discussed. The major focus of this chapter is on the law and practice concerning the freedoms and rights of refugees who have been officially recognised by the Japanese authority. This chapter also includes the issues of refugee applicants or asylum seekers since, given the declaratory nature of refugee status, they are putative refugees who may legitimately enjoy a certain category of the entitlements listed in the Convention.2
