Kurdish asylum-seekers submit over 3,000 signatures to UNHCR

Kurdish asylum-seekers submit over 3,000 signatures to UNHCR

TOKYO, Japan - Ahmet Kazankiran, one of 12 Kurdish asylum-seekers, speaks near the United Nations University in Tokyo on Aug. 13, seeking support for their asylum requests. Japanese immigration officials have rejected their application for refugee status.

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