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dc.contributor.authorBanki, Susan
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:20:21Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:20:21Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.modified2009-11-09T01:31:20Z
dc.identifier.issn09516328
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/jrs/fel015
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/26503
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the consequences of Japan's refugee policy for Burmese refugees living in Tokyo by examining refugees' livelihoods and responses to the immigration/ refugee legal system. It begins with a description of Japan's legal framework as it pertains to immigrants and refugees, then examines four elements of refugees' livelihoods in Tokyo: employment, housing, health care and education. Tokyo's urban environment enables Burmese refugees from all backgrounds to generate income and make a living. Finding a place to live is possible with the help of the Burmese community, both legal and illegal. Education is only partially successful, but will prove more challenging as the refugee population grows. The present system is woefully inadequate to meet the health needs of asylum seekers. While refugees manage adequately, this is largely due to the Burmese community's strength and to some extent the response of Japanese civil society in the form of volunteer organizations. This success is in spite of Japan's rusty immigration and refugee system, which, slow to recognize that its temporary population is gradually becoming more permanent, is in need of more than a cosmetic makeover.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom328
dc.relation.ispartofpageto344
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Refugee Studies
dc.relation.ispartofvolume19
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSpecialist Studies in Education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical Science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1303
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1606
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1608
dc.titleBurmese Refugees in Tokyo: Livelihoods in the Urban Environment
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2006
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorBanki, Susan R.


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