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US: Arrests Made at Protests Outside ICE Facility in Portland

On Saturday, October 11, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) monitored protest activity in the South Waterfront area, resulting in two arrests. During the event, police were notified of a man who had been assaulted and injured near South Bancroft Street and South Bond Avenue. The man was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Since nightly protests began in early June, the PPB has made a total of 49 arrests in the South Waterfront area, including these two.

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(231202) -- BEIJING, Dec. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Card holders show their new-version of Foreign Permanent Resident ID Cards at the department of exit-entry administration of Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau in Tianjin, north China, Dec. 1, 2023. The National Immigration Administration (NIA) on Friday put into use a new version of the Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card of the People's Republic of China. On the same day, the first batch of 50 new cards was issued to qualified foreigners whose permanent residence applications had been approved, the NIA said. These new cardholders come from over 20 countries including the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Russia, and have made outstanding contributions to China's socio-economic development. Among them are foreign high-level management and technical personnel who have been working in China for a long time, as well as foreign professors and scholars who have been teaching and conducting research at key universities and research in

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CHINA-FOREIGN PERMANENT RESIDENT-ID CARD-NEW VERSION (CN)

(231201) -- TIANJIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A police officer hands a new-version of Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card to an applicant at the department of exit-entry administration of Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau in Tianjin, north China, Dec. 1, 2023. The National Immigration Administration (NIA) on Friday put into use a new version of the Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card of the People's Republic of China. On the same day, the first batch of 50 new cards was issued to qualified foreigners whose permanent residence applications had been approved, the NIA said. These new cardholders come from over 20 countries including the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Russia, and have made outstanding contributions to China's socio-economic development. Among them are foreign high-level management and technical personnel who have been working in China for a long time, as well as foreign professors and scholars who have been teaching and conducting research at key universities

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CHINA-FOREIGN PERMANENT RESIDENT-ID CARD-NEW VERSION (CN)

(231201) -- TIANJIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A foreigner applies for a Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card at the department of exit-entry administration of Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau in Tianjin, north China, Dec. 1, 2023. The National Immigration Administration (NIA) on Friday put into use a new version of the Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card of the People's Republic of China. On the same day, the first batch of 50 new cards was issued to qualified foreigners whose permanent residence applications had been approved, the NIA said. These new cardholders come from over 20 countries including the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Russia, and have made outstanding contributions to China's socio-economic development. Among them are foreign high-level management and technical personnel who have been working in China for a long time, as well as foreign professors and scholars who have been teaching and conducting research at key universities and research institutions for

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CHINA-FOREIGN PERMANENT RESIDENT-ID CARD-NEW VERSION (CN)

(231201) -- TIANJIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A police officer explains as guests learn about the new-version of Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card at the department of exit-entry administration of Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau in Tianjin, north China, Dec. 1, 2023. The National Immigration Administration (NIA) on Friday put into use a new version of the Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card of the People's Republic of China. On the same day, the first batch of 50 new cards was issued to qualified foreigners whose permanent residence applications had been approved, the NIA said. These new cardholders come from over 20 countries including the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Russia, and have made outstanding contributions to China's socio-economic development. Among them are foreign high-level management and technical personnel who have been working in China for a long time, as well as foreign professors and scholars who have been teaching and conducting research at key u

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CHINA-FOREIGN PERMANENT RESIDENT-ID CARD-NEW VERSION (CN)

(231201) -- SHANGHAI, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yilmaz Mehmet Sinan from Türkiye shows the new-version of Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card he just received at the exit-entry administration bureau of Shanghai Public Security Bureau in Shanghai, east China, Dec. 1, 2023. The National Immigration Administration (NIA) on Friday put into use a new version of the Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card of the People's Republic of China. On the same day, the first batch of 50 new cards was issued to qualified foreigners whose permanent residence applications had been approved, the NIA said. These new cardholders come from over 20 countries including the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Russia, and have made outstanding contributions to China's socio-economic development. Among them are foreign high-level management and technical personnel who have been working in China for a long time, as well as foreign professors and scholars who have been teaching and conducting research at key universi

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CHINA-FOREIGN PERMANENT RESIDENT-ID CARD-NEW VERSION (CN)

(231201) -- TIANJIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 1, 2023 shows a new-version of Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card at the department of exit-entry administration of Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau in Tianjin, north China. The National Immigration Administration (NIA) on Friday put into use a new version of the Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card of the People's Republic of China. On the same day, the first batch of 50 new cards was issued to qualified foreigners whose permanent residence applications had been approved, the NIA said. These new cardholders come from over 20 countries including the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Russia, and have made outstanding contributions to China's socio-economic development. Among them are foreign high-level management and technical personnel who have been working in China for a long time, as well as foreign professors and scholars who have been teaching and conducting research at key universities and research

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CHINA-FOREIGN PERMANENT RESIDENT-ID CARD-NEW VERSION (CN)

(231201) -- TIANJIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A police officer shows a new-version of Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card at the department of exit-entry administration of Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau in Tianjin, north China, Dec. 1, 2023. The National Immigration Administration (NIA) on Friday put into use a new version of the Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card of the People's Republic of China. On the same day, the first batch of 50 new cards was issued to qualified foreigners whose permanent residence applications had been approved, the NIA said. These new cardholders come from over 20 countries including the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Russia, and have made outstanding contributions to China's socio-economic development. Among them are foreign high-level management and technical personnel who have been working in China for a long time, as well as foreign professors and scholars who have been teaching and conducting research at key universities and research in

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CHINA-FOREIGN PERMANENT RESIDENT-ID CARD-NEW VERSION (CN)

(231201) -- TIANJIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A police officer helps as an applicant fills a form for the Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card at the department of exit-entry administration of Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau in Tianjin, north China, Dec. 1, 2023. The National Immigration Administration (NIA) on Friday put into use a new version of the Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card of the People's Republic of China. On the same day, the first batch of 50 new cards was issued to qualified foreigners whose permanent residence applications had been approved, the NIA said. These new cardholders come from over 20 countries including the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Russia, and have made outstanding contributions to China's socio-economic development. Among them are foreign high-level management and technical personnel who have been working in China for a long time, as well as foreign professors and scholars who have been teaching and conducting research at key universi

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CHINA-FOREIGN PERMANENT RESIDENT-ID CARD-NEW VERSION (CN)

(231201) -- SHANGHAI, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Berezkin Rostislav from Russia holds a new-version of Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card in a memorial frame at the exit-entry administration bureau of Shanghai Public Security Bureau in Shanghai, east China, Dec. 1, 2023. The National Immigration Administration (NIA) on Friday put into use a new version of the Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card of the People's Republic of China. On the same day, the first batch of 50 new cards was issued to qualified foreigners whose permanent residence applications had been approved, the NIA said. These new cardholders come from over 20 countries including the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Russia, and have made outstanding contributions to China's socio-economic development. Among them are foreign high-level management and technical personnel who have been working in China for a long time, as well as foreign professors and scholars who have been teaching and conducting research at key universit

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CHINA-FOREIGN PERMANENT RESIDENT-ID CARD-NEW VERSION (CN)

(231201) -- TIANJIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Card holders show their new-version of Foreign Permanent Resident ID Cards at the department of exit-entry administration of Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau in Tianjin, north China, Dec. 1, 2023. The National Immigration Administration (NIA) on Friday put into use a new version of the Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card of the People's Republic of China. On the same day, the first batch of 50 new cards was issued to qualified foreigners whose permanent residence applications had been approved, the NIA said. These new cardholders come from over 20 countries including the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Russia, and have made outstanding contributions to China's socio-economic development. Among them are foreign high-level management and technical personnel who have been working in China for a long time, as well as foreign professors and scholars who have been teaching and conducting research at key universities and research in

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India's tourism industry bounces back with increase in foreign visitors

STORY: India's tourism industry bounces back with increase in foreign visitors DATELINE: April 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of tourists STORYLINE: The Indian tourism sector has received a much-needed boost with an increase in foreign tourist arrivals. According to data from the Bureau of Immigration, the number of foreign tourists who visited India in 2022 was 6.19 million, as compared to 1.52 million in the year 2021. This increase in foreign tourists is seen as a sign of revival after the COVID-19 pandemic. Before the pandemic, India had seen 10.93 million foreign tourist arrivals in the year 2019. The Indian government has taken several initiatives to boost tourism and increase foreign tourist arrivals. The federal government has been providing financial assistance to local governments for the development of tourism-related infrastructure. This is aimed at providing a better experience for visitors and promoting tourism i

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Immigration facility in Manila

Photo taken on Jan. 30, 2023, shows a Bureau of Immigration facility in Manila. The Japanese government requested the same day that the Philippines deport suspects allegedly behind a string of robberies in Japan, who are now in detention in Manila, according to officials from the two countries.

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Immigration facility in Manila

Photo taken on Jan. 30, 2023, shows a Bureau of Immigration facility in Manila. The Japanese government requested the same day that the Philippines deport suspects allegedly behind a string of robberies in Japan, who are now in detention in Manila, according to officials from the two countries.

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Immigration facility in Manila

Photo taken on Jan. 26, 2023, shows a Bureau of Immigration warden's facility in Manila.

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Sri Lankan man dies during detention at Tokyo immigration bureau

TOKYO, Japan - A 26-year-old man, a relative of a 57-year-old Sri Lankan man who died after reporting chest pain during detention at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau on Nov. 22, 2014, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1. The Provisional Release Association in Japan, a support group for foreigners, criticized the bureau for failing to conduct a medical check in response to his chest pain report, while the bureau defended its response as having had no problem.

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Student helping asylum seekers in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Maho Hadano, a graduate student at Nagoya University and the only full-time coordinator at the Nagoya-based support office for refugees, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on Dec. 12, 2012 at the office in the city's Naka Ward. The Tokyo-based nonprofit organization Japan Association for Refugees and the Japan Lawyers Network for Refugees set up the Nagoya office in July 2012 to cope with a sharp increase in applications for asylum with the Nagoya Regional Immigration Bureau.

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New registration for foreigners starts

OSAKA, Japan - Foreigners receive new residence cards at the Osaka immigration bureau in Osaka on July 9, 2012. A new registration system for foreigners in Japan began that day, with those staying in the country longer than three months to be incorporated into the same residence registration system as Japanese citizens. The new system scrapped the 60-year-old alien registration cards.

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New registration for foreigners starts

OSAKA, Japan - Foreigners line up to get new residence cards at the Osaka immigration bureau in Osaka on July 9, 2012. A new registration system for foreigners in Japan began that day, with those staying in the country longer than three months to be incorporated into the same residence registration system as Japanese citizens. The new system scrapped the 60-year-old alien registration cards.

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Lawyers visit Nepalese man at immigration office

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Lawyers Hiroshi Kamiyama (L) and Shozaburo Ishida meet the press after visiting Govinda Prasad Mainali, a Nepalese granted a retrial over a 1997 murder case, at the Yokohama Office of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau on June 13, 2012. The lawyers visited Mainali as they wished to see him one more time before his pending repatriation. During their meeting, Kamiyama, who headed a group of lawyers for Mainali, exchanged a high-five with him through the acrylic sheet that separated them, while the Nepalese told Kamiyama, "Finally, I have something to tell you. Please get married soon," according to the lawyers.

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Family of Nepalese man

YOKOHAMA, Japan - (From L) Radha Mainali and her second daughter Alisha and eldest daughter Mithila are interviewed in Yokohama on June 8, 2012, after meeting Radha's husband, and Alisha and Mithila's father, Govinda Prasad Mainali, at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau's Yokohama office. The Tokyo High Court on June 7 decided to reopen a high-profile murder case in which the Nepalese man was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Japanese woman in 1997 in Tokyo. Mainali was released and handed over to the immigration bureau's Yokohama office later that day.

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Family of Nepalese man

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Radha Mainali (R, front row) and her daughters Mithila (L, front row) and Alisha (C, front row) leave the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau's Yokohama office on June 8, 2012, after meeting Radha's husband, and Mithila and Alisha's father, Govinda Prasad Mainali. The Tokyo High Court on June 7 decided to reopen a high-profile murder case in which the Nepalese man was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Japanese woman in 1997 in Tokyo. Mainali was released and handed over to the immigration bureau's Yokohama office later that day.

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Family of Nepalese man

YOKOHAMA, Japan - (From L) Radha Mainali and her daughters Mithila and Alisha visit the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau's Yokohama office on June 8, 2012, to meet Radha's husband, and Mithila and Alisha's father, Govinda Prasad Mainali. The Tokyo High Court on June 7 decided to reopen a high-profile murder case in which the Nepalese man was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Japanese woman in 1997 in Tokyo. Mainali was released and handed over to the immigration bureau's Yokohama office later that day.

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Family of Nepalese man

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Radha Mainali (R, front row) and her daughters Mithila (L, front row) and Alisha (C, front row) visit the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau's Yokohama office on June 8, 2012, to meet Radha's husband, and Mithila and Alisha's father, Govinda Prasad Mainali. The Tokyo High Court on June 7 decided to reopen a high-profile murder case in which the Nepalese man was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Japanese woman in 1997 in Tokyo. Mainali was released and handed over to the immigration bureau's Yokohama office later that day.

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Foreigners leaving Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign residents wait in line to obtain reentry permits in front of the Justice Ministry's Tokyo Immigration Bureau on March 17, 2011, before temporarily leaving the quake-hit country.

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Filipino parents decide to leave daughter behind in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Sarah Calderon (L) and her daughter Noriko arrive at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau in Tokyo's Minato Ward on March 13. Sarah told the immigration authorities that she and her husband Arlan have decided to leave their 13-year-old daughter behind in Japan and go back to the Philippines in April.

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Father of 13-year-old Filipino girl detained over illegal stay

TOKYO, Japan - Noriko Calderon, 13, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on March 9. Her father Arlan Calderon, an undocumented Filipino man, was detained for illegal stay earlier in the day after showing up at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau.

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Father of 13-year-old Filipino girl detained over illegal stay

WARABI, Japan - Arlan Calderon (front), an undocumented Filipino man, and his wife Sarah (in back) arrive at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau in Tokyo's Minato Ward on March 9. The immigration bureau detained Arlan for illegal stay and allowed Sarah and their daughter Noriko to stay in Japan for another week.

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Father of 13-year-old Filipino girl detained over illegal stay

WARABI, Japan - Arlan Calderon (C), an undocumented Filipino man, and his wife Sarah (R) see their daughter Noriko (L) off at Noriko's junior high school in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, on March 9. Arlan was detained for illegal stay after showing up at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau later in the day and was told that all three in the family will be deported March 17 unless they make a decision on whether they will depart from the country or leave behind the 13-year-old girl in Japan. The bureau allowed Sarah and Noriko to stay in Japan for another week.

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Father of 13-year-old Filipino girl detained over illegal stay

WARABI, Japan - Sarah Calderon (R), wife of Arlan Calderon, an undocumented Filipino man, bids farewell to her daughter Noriko at Noriko's junior high school in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, on March 9. Arlan Calderon was detained later at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau for illegal stay and was told that all three in the family will be deported March 17 unless they make a decision on whether they will depart from the country or leave behind the 13-year-old girl in Japan. The bureau allowed Sarah and Noriko to stay in Japan for another week.

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Filipino family told set departure date by March 9 or be deported

TOKYO, Japan - Arlan Calderon, 36, and his wife Sarah, 38, an undocumented Filipino couple living in Tokyo, head for the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau Feb. 27. The Justice Ministry told them to set a date to leave Japan by March 9 or face deportation. The family's case has drawn public sympathy partly because their daughter, who was born and raised in Japan, says she wants to continue studying at her junior high school in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture.

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Filipino family granted temporary stay

TOKYO, Japan - Arlan Calderon (L) and his wife Sarah from the Philippines answer questions from reporters in front of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau on Jan. 14 after the bureau told them that temporary permission for them and their 13-year-old Japan-born daughter Noriko to stay in Japan has been extended by a month to Feb. 13 beyond its Jan. 14 expiration. Arlan and Sarah illegally entered Japan in the 1990s and the family is under a deportation order.

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Immigration fingerprinting, photographing device on display

NARITA, Japan - The Immigration Bureau put a new fingerprinting and photographing device (photo) on public display at Narita International Airport on Nov. 13, a week before a new law requiring the fingerprinting and photographing of foreigners entering Japan comes into force. The law is aimed at preventing terrorism but officials say fingerprints and other biometric data will be stored in a database to be checked against foreigners who have been deported from Japan and those wanted by the Japanese police. The law excludes ethnic Koreans and other permanent residents with special status, foreigners aged under 16, visitors to Japan using diplomatic or official passports and state guests.

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8 Myanmar men seek refugee status in Japan following crackdown

NAGOYA, Japan - Eight men from Myanmar arrive at the Nagoya Regional Immigration Bureau in Nagoya on Oct. 17 to apply for refugee status in Japan citing their fear of persecution if they return home following the Myanmar junta's crackdown on pro-democracy activists.

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4 N. Korean defectors sent to immigration center in Ushiku

AOMORI, Japan - A police bus carrying four North Korean asylum-seekers leave the Goshogawara police station in Aomori Prefecture on way to the Aomori airport on June 6. The four will be housed at the Immigration Bureau detention center in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture before they fly to South Korea for asylum.

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Special residency permit issued for Iranian family in Kofu

KOFU, Japan - An Iranian family of four -- Saeid Partow Helal (far right), his wife Mitra Keshavarz and their two daughters Anahita and Bita -- all look happy at a press conference after obtaining special residency permit from the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau on May 11.

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Embattled Iranian family's stay in Japan extended for 1 month

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau on Nov. 10 gave permission for Amine Khalil (in photo) and his Iranian family to stay in Japan for another month on a temporary basis ahead of the government's decision on whether to issue them with a special residence permit.

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Embattled Iranian family's stay in Japan extended for 1 month

TOKYO, Japan - Iranian Amine Khalil (L) speaks in Tokyo on Nov. 10 before he was notified by the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau of the extension of temporary permission for his family of four to stay in Japan for another month.

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9 Myanmar nationals apply for refugee status

NAGOYA, Japan - Nine Myanmar men arrive at the Nagoya Immigration Bureau on July 31 to apply for refugee status. They said they may be persecuted at home as they have been involved in the democracy movement opposed to the country's military junta while living in Japan.

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Filipino wife of Myanmar refugee released

NAGOYA, Japan - Japanese immigration authorities released Absin Eden Monteclaro (L), the Filipino wife of Khin Maung Hla (R), a Myanmar man seeking asylum in Japan. The Nagoya Immigration Bureau had detained Eden since May 24 for overstaying her visa.

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Family members of 2 deported Kurds given status to stay

TOKYO, Japan - Zeliha Kazankiran (2nd from R), a Kurd seeking asylum in Japan, answers reporters' questions Jan. 24 before entering the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau. The same day, the bureau renewed her monthly provisional status to stay in Japan along with that of four other members of her family. Her father, Ahmet Kazankiran, and brother, Ramazan, were deported Jan. 18.

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8 Bangladeshis turn themselves in for overstay

TOKYO, Japan - Eight Bangladeshi men who have overstayed their visas turn themselves in to immigration authorities Sept. 21 and request special permission to remain in Japan. One of the Bangladeshi men spoke at a meeting held by a voluntary group that helps illegal immigrants in Japan before they surrendered themselves at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau.

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Thai girl applies for permanent residency to stay in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Mevisa Yoshida (L), a 13-year-old Thai orphan living in Japan with her grandmother (R), prepares to enter the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau on Aug. 9 to apply to change from short-term to permanent resident status.

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6,000 sign petition for Thai orphan fighting to settle in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Mevisa Yoshida, a 13-year-old Thai orphan girl, speaks to reporters in front of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau building in Tokyo on July 5 after applying to the bureau for long-term resident status. She, along with her lawyer Satoshi Murata, also submitted a petition signed by over 6,000 people calling on the immigration authorities to grant long-term resident status.

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Thai girl fights immigration bureau, seeks to settle in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Mevisa Yoshida, a junior high school student in Tokyo living in Japan since February 2003, filed a suit June 29 seeking repeal of an immigration bureau's decision not to grant her permanent residence status.

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Falun Gong members seek refugee status amid deportation fears

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese members of Falun Gong, a sect outlawed in China, and their supporters appeal to Japanese immigration authorities not to detain them at a news conference in Tokyo on May 18. They made the appeal in the wake of moves by the Justice Ministry's Immigration Bureau starting this month to detain Falun Gong followers or instruct them to present themselves to bureau officials.

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Osaka rejects special status for Chinese mother, girls

OSAKA, Japan - The Osaka Regional Immigration Bureau on April 12 rejected an application by Tang Shulan, a Chinese mother who pretended to be a Japanese descendant, for special residency status for herself and her daughters Bao Yanyan, a university student, and Bao Nannan (C), a high school student.

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Kurdish man, family fight deportation order in court

TOKYO, Japan - Zilan, 3-year-old daughter of Taskin, a Kurdish man, and his Filipiono wife Beltran, appears at a press conference in Tokyo on March 12 with lawyer Takeshi Ohhashi after Ohhashi, acting on behalf of the three, filed a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court seeking a reversal of the Justice Ministry's decision to deport them for overstaying their visas. Zilan is now living with Beltran's sister in Japan because her parents have been detained by the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau since January.

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Japan allows Myanmar activist, kin to stay

TOKYO, Japan - Maria Hope Jamili (2nd from L), her pro-democracy activist husband Khin Maung Latt (C) and their two daughters smile at a press conference in Tokyo on March 9 after they were granted special permission to stay in Japan. The Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau gave the special residence permit to the family after Justice Minister Daizo Nozawa said the government would allow them to stay for humanitarian reasons because the family would be broken up if deported.

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(2)Holidaymakers crowd airports

OSAKA, Japan - Holidaymakers crowd the departure lounge of Kansai airport in Osaka on Aug. 9. But Osaka Immigration Bureau officials said that departures from the airport were fewer than usual due to SARS and the prolonged economic recession.