Myanmar refugees in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A married couple who are refugees from Myanmar attend a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2011. Five families, including the couple's, arrived in Japan in 2010 as the first batch of 90 refugees from Myanmar that the Japanese government plans to accept from the Mera refugee camp in northwestern Thailand over a three-year period. The couple's family and another family have refused to work for a farm in Chiba Prefecture where they settled due to the working conditions.

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