Japan repatriates 22 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants

The government has repatriated 22 illegal immigrants from Bangladesh in the fourth round of its contentious mass deportation program using a state-chartered plane yesterday, reports The Japan Times. Subject to the repatriation, conducted Wednesday, were visa overstayers and other illegal immigrants who had long “stubbornly” ignored deportation orders issued by the state, immigration official Atsushi Gokan of the Justice Ministry said. All deportees were adult males aged 23 to 53, with none handcuffed while aboard out of consideration for their human rights, Gokan said. The government move Wednesday marked the fourth time it has flown back illegal immigrants en masse using a specially chartered plane, following Filipinos and Thais in 2013 and Sri Lankans and Vietnamese in 2014.

Japan repatriates 22 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants

The government has repatriated 22 illegal immigrants from Bangladesh in the fourth round of its contentious mass deportation program using a state-chartered plane yesterday, reports The Japan Times. Subject to the repatriation, conducted Wednesday, were visa overstayers and other illegal immigrants who had long stubbornly ignored deportation orders issued by the state, immigration official Atsushi Gokan of the Justice Ministry said. All deportees were adult males aged 23 to 53, with none handcuffed while aboard out of consideration for their human rights, Gokan said. The government move Wednesday marked the fourth time it has flown back illegal immigrants en masse using a specially chartered plane, following Filipinos and Thais in 2013 and Sri Lankans and Vietnamese in 2014.