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November 11, 2022
Public lecture "Bait and Switch: Japan refugee policy and practice leading to Ukraine" on Zoom (Nov. 18)
From: Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Office <i-comcul@sophia.ac.jp>
Date: 2022/11/10
Sophia University, Adopted Research Projects of Research in Priority Areas 2018-2021 Refugee and New Immigrant Support: The Role of the Church, Other Religious Groups, and Civil Society Organizations in the Sustainable Social Integration of Displaced Populations into Japan (David H. Slater) and Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Presents:
Bait and Switch:
Japan refugee policy and practice leading to Ukraine
David H. SLATER
(Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Sophia University)
Date: Nov. 18, 2022 (Fri)
Time: 19:00 - 20:30
Format: Zoom
Please register from here: https://forms.office.
With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, once again the world has seen the direct connection between global aspirations, domestic policy, and the rise of refugees. Here in Japan media and academic voices have celebrated Japanese recent "acceptance" of displaced Ukrainians. This presentation juxtaposed Japan's often misleading rhetoric and refugee recognition practice.
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