Japan plans to block North Korean terrorists, report says
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is preparing guidelines on accepting refugees while blocking terrorists. / Korea Time file
By Eom Da-sol
Japan will set guidelines to block terrorists entering the country with refugees if war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula, according to the Mainichi Daily on Friday.
With North Korea continuing to provoke the U.S, and the U.S. announcing retaliatory measures, Japan is putting in place guidelines to approve Korean refugees and foreigners entering the country.
Japan reportedly assumes that thousands of refugees will arrive if North Korea hits the South first. Under this scenario, Japan will decide the main ports to accept refugees. Immigration control officers will carefully examine the identities and luggage to prevent North Korean spies and terrorists from entering. Japan also plans to build refugee camps near the ports.
“The government is setting up protocols for aircraft landings, refugee camps and guidelines to screen refugees,” Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told the House of Representatives last Monday.
According to guidelines released so far, Japan plans to enhance maritime security with stricter daily patrols, and to provide food and water to refugee camps guarded by national police. The refugees will also receive physical check-ups.
Foreigners who have families or acquaintances in Japan, who can be acknowledged as refugees under the 1951 Refugee Convention, and who are in transit from the nation to another will be allowed to enter.