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YAMAGATA--A film featuring secretly recorded interviews with detainees at an immigration facility in Ibaraki Prefecture sheds light on their inhumane long-term detentions as they wait for word on their refugee applications. 

Horrible hospitality: Detainees talk about reality of Japan immigration facility in film July 2, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) Foreigners on temporary release hold a press conference with Ian Thomas Ash (far right), director of the film "Ushiku," in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on May 20, 2021. The two have experienced long-term detention at an immigration facility. (Mainichi/Yukinao Kin) TOKYO -- It is still fresh in our minds that in March this year, a Sri Lankan woman who was in detention at the Nagoya ...

Thomas Ash’s documentary “Ushiku” brings to the light the experiences of detainees at Japan’s immigration facilities and the harsh conditions they face.

Das 21. Filmfestival Nippon Connection widmet sich digital den „Family Matters“. Eine Mischung aus Lang- und Kurzfilmen begeistert. Und...