Countries
1: Africa.
2: Americas.
3: Asia-Pacific.
- 3.1: Australia.
- 3.2: Hong Kong .
- 3.3: Japan.
  - 3.3.1: Introduction.
  - 3.3.2: List of Detention Sites.
  - 3.3.3: Map of Detention Sites.
  - 3.3.4: Detention History and Politics.
  - 3.3.5: Detention Infrastructure and Practices.
  - 3.3.6: Detention Conditions.
  - 3.3.7: Migration Phenomenon.
  - 3.3.8: Country Links.
  - 3.3.9: Discussion of Sources.
  - 3.3.10: Reference List.
- 3.4: Malaysia.
- 3.5: Maldives.
- 3.6: New Zealand.
- 3.7: South Korea.
4: Europe.
5: Middle East .

Quick Facts

Number of Immigration Detention Sites: 19

Detention Capacity: 3,410 (2005)

Annual Number of Deportations:
33,192 (2005)

Undocumented Population:
193,745 (2006)

Number of asylum seekers:
1,515 (end of 2007)

Disclaimer

Country Links

Last updated: December 2007

Japan Detention Profile

Map of "In Use" Detention Sites

For more detailed information, see the complete List of Detention Sites.

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Sources
(This is only a partial list. More detailed information is available upon request.)

Amnesty International. 2005. Japan: Welcome to Japan? Amnesty International. ASA 22/002/2002. May 2002.
Dean, Meryll. 2006. Japan: Refugees and Asylum Seekers. Writenet Report by Professor Meryll Dean, Oxford Brookes University, UK. Commissioned by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Protection Information Section (DIP). February 2006. (Information updated until May 2005).
Immigration Bureau of Japan. 2005. Immigration Control Report 2005. Immigration Bureau, Ministry of Justice, Japan.
Immigration Bureau of Japan. 2006. Immigration Control Report 2006. Immigration Bureau, Ministry of Justice, Japan.
Immigration Bureau of Japan. Website. Locations, contact information and assigned tasks: Hiroshima Regional Immigration Bureau. Immigration Bureau of Japan. http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/soshiki/kikou/address/06.html (accessed 19 November 2007).
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Immigration Bureau of Japan. Website. Deportation and Departure Order System: Detention, Meeting and Giving Gifts to Foreign Nationals Under Detention, Provisional Release. Immigration Bureau of Japan. http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/tetuduki/index.html (accessed 14 August 2007).
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