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| Japan not taking in refugees; says it must look after its citizens first | |
| 2019-05-06 | |
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced at the U.N. General Assembly that Japan is ramping up assistance in response to the exodus of refugees to Europe from the Middle East and Africa. He said Japan will provide $1.5 billion in emergency aid for refugees and for stabilization of communities facing upheaval. But speaking to reporters later Tuesday he poured cold water on the idea of Japan opening its doors to those fleeing. He said Japan first needed to attend to domestic challenges which he proposes to tackle under a revamped economic policy that aims to boost GDP to a post-war record level, while bolstering the social security system to support families. "As an issue of demography, I would say that before accepting immigrants or refugees we need to have more activities by women, by elderly people and we must raise (the) birth rate. There are many things that we should do before accepting immigrants," Abe told a news conference, according to the official translation of his comments. He added that Japan would "discharge our own responsibility" in addressing the refugee crisis, which he described as helping to improve conditions that cause the exodus. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Fortunately, Japan is an island nation with a much bigger sponge (China) between them and the invaders. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-05-06 07:56 |
| #1 My, my, what do the Democrats and globalists have to say to this? And, yes, I know that's redundant. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2019-05-06 07:55 |