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refugees into Japanese society. Two Resettlement
Promotion Centers of the Refugee Resettlement
Assistance Headquarters are providing the refugees
with Japanese language lessons and vocational training
as well as offering them job opportunities.
(For details see Annex 2.)
(2) First Asylum
As regards the boat people who find their way
to Japan after being rescued at sea, Japan's basic position
is to grant permission to land for first asylum, regardless
of whether it is the first port of call or not, and
whether the vessel is a Japanese one or not, and without
asking, in principle, any guarantee of the flag state to
The cumulative take the refugees for final resettlement.
number of those boat people who have landed in Japan
for first asylum since 1975 reaches about 7,000. Most
of them (about 4,700) have departed then to third countries,
mainly to the United States (about 3,000), and some of them
locally settled in Japan (about 500). The present caseload
still remaining in Japan is about 1,800. (For details see Annex 3.)
Lately, though the outflow of the boat people from
Vietnam itself shows a trend of gradual decline, the
arrival to Japan still continues at the same pace as before.
On the other hand, their departure to third countries for
resettlement is becoming sluggish reflecting generally
restrictive trends of admission of major resettlement
countries.