Thank you for spreading our words 🙏🏻🙏🏻🌎😃 #Repost @miyavi.fanpage 【 Interview 】J-rock star Miyavi on mission to change Japan’s tune on refugees
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While in his lesser-known role as a refugee advocate, Miyavi, aka the samurai guitarist, asks that people look beyond the headline numbers before declaring Japan unwelcoming to asylum-seekers.
Despite taking in only 42 refugees in 2018 — accepting less than 1 percent of applicants — compared to 35,198 for the United States and 16,875 for Canada, Miyavi says the bump from the previous year’s 20 is encouraging, albeit still underwhelming. “As a UNHCR ambassador, I have to say, talking those numbers is like pulling teeth,” says Miyavi, who in November 2017 was chosen as Japan’s first Goodwill Ambassador by the U.N. refugee agency.
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