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Discrimination Against Migrants in Japan

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 Hi, how are you? This is Nisreen from Tokyo. Today I'd like to talk about two films pertaining to discrimination against migrants in Japan. On 18th of March, I watched a documentary film about the inhuman treatment of asylum seekers in immigration detention centers in Japan, "Ushiku". I had been longing to watch this film, since I had found the project through a lovely friend, Daniel Ndevu who was the impact producer of the film. Now that I've watched the film, I'd say that this work should be watched by all humans! It's not only important, but also a beautifully crafted movie. It left me completely speechless for revealing cruelty of the bureaucratic system here and the violence inside of the facility. It also made me speak non-stop with Subo about what I've just seen. What broke my heart most was the part where this man said it might have been better if he had just died in the war in his home country than having to going through such struggles in Japan.