Albanian family applies for refugee status in Japan

Smajil Djakolaj (C), his wife Remzije (R) and their three children file an application on June 29 with the Osaka Regional Immigration Bureau for official refugee status in Japan. The ethnic Albanian refugees from Kosovo are staying with relatives in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. They arrived in Japan on May 12 on a 90-day visa.

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