UNHCR calls on Japan to do more as refugee approval rate "quite low"

U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said Friday that Japan's approval rate for refugees is "quite low," while calling for improvement in its treatment of asylum applicants."I think that Japan can do better in terms of resettlement," Grandi said at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo.He said Japan's resettlement quota for refugees increased to 60 per year but the approval rate for asylum seekers remains "quite low compared to other industrialized countries" and the criteria are "quite restricted."The world's third-largest economy approved only 42 out of 16,596 asylum applic…READ FULL ARTICLE