TOKYO —
Illegal immigrants could be granted special residence permission if they live with and raise school-age children, Justice Minister Eisuke Mori suggested Friday. Under a new guideline to be introduced Monday, ‘‘those who raise elementary, junior or senior high school children living in Japan for more than 10 years, who voluntarily report they have overstayed and who have no other record of law violation’’ could be allowed to remain.
However, those who have committed crimes involving drugs and guns will not be granted special residence permission, Mori indicated at a press conference. A justice minister is authorized to grant special residence based on the guideline.
The new guideline has been compiled following the case of a 14-year-old Filipino girl, born and raised in Japan, whose parents were deported to their country in April. The family had long been seeking special residence permission for the whole family, but the Justice Ministry rejected the parents’ request to stay while allowing their daughter to remain.
Since then, criticism has grown that the criteria for granting special permission to stay are unclear.
The ministry noted, however, that even under the new guideline, the Filipino couple would still have had to leave Japan as they entered the country using other people’s passports.
Maganda ito para sa mga overstay na walang inisip kundi ang future nila at kabutihan ng anak nila.
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