Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported on Wednesday November 4 that the situation of the Kurdish immigrants in Japan is deteriorating. Activists and supporters of foreign immigrants have described the financial situation of Kurdish immigrants in the country as catastrophic.

About 2,500 Kurdish immigrants live in the cities of Kawaguchi and Warabi, and about 700 of them have applied for asylum in Japan.

Activists in the country have reported on the plight of Kurdish immigrants in Japan and set up tents in the Kawaguchi area to help them. Charities have distributed food and clothing to the immigrants.

Due to the fact that most of these immigrants do not know the status of their residence in Japan, it is not possible to provide them with government services and employment, and due to the spread of the corona, their financial situation has worsened.

Immigrant Kurds in Japan, on the other hand, are barred from receiving $ 950 in government aid due to the corona outbreak.

Due to the plight of Kurdish immigrants in Japan, several pro-Kurdish organizations, along with lawyers and anti-poverty activists, have formed a joint committee called the Executive Committee to Defend the Kurdish Right to Life and set up tents in the Kawaguchi area to help them.

The committee's co-chair, Hidenobu Matsuzawa, warned that issues such as education for the Kurds were not a priority, but that most of them do not have the money to pay for medical treatment.

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