Dozens join rare hunger strike at Japanese immigration centre
 

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TOKYO: Dozens of detainees at a Japanese immigration centre were on hunger strike on Thursday in protest against prolonged and multiple detentions, drawing fresh attention to the policy towards immigration.

Some of the hunger strikers were asylum seekers and others had lived in Japan for decades as migrant workers, said Mitsuru Miyasako, head of the Provisional Release Association in Japan.

More than 20 detainees launched their hunger strike at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau on Tuesday, with more than a dozen joining them on Thursday, one of the protesters and an activist told Reuters. Protests and hunger strikes are rare in Japan, which prizes social stability.

Immigration, seen by some Japanese as a threat to security, is a controversial subject in a country where many pride themselves on cultural and ethnic homogeneity. Justice Ministry official Shigeki Otsuki confirmed some detainees were refusing to eat.

Otsuki said he could **t immediately say if detentions were rising, but said 387 men and 189 women were currently held at the Tokyo centre. "We need change. We need to stop this system," one of the hunger strikers told Reuters.



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