Despite international pressure, Japan has been notoriously reluctant to open up its borders to the world’s refugees. Is the country ready to break this enduring policy gridlock?
With an eye toward the liberal-democratic paradox of migrant admission, this talk will assess recent developments in Japan’s embattled refugee policy and contend that the country is well equipped to move beyond the static-centric paradigm of refugee acceptance.
Speaker: Dr. Konrad Kalicki (National University of Singapore)
