## Section 4 ♦ Promotion of the Deportation of Deportees

## 1 Implementation of Safe and Reliable Deportation of Deportation Evaders

Recently, there is the problem of an increasing number of foreign nationals who have been issued with a deportation order but who attempt to evade deportation (deportation evaders) because of work in Japan or other reasons.

The Immigration Bureau tries to convince these deportation evaders to return to their country of their own volition, but if they still attempt to evade deportation, they will ultimately be deported on a regular flight accompanied by escort officers based on the provisions of law or mass deportation may be implemented using chartered flights for the purpose of safer and more secure deportation.

In addition, some foreign nationals who attempt to evade deportation are often anxious about their lives after return, and with regard to foreign nationals who are deemed to require humanitarian consideration, programs are implemented for voluntary return and reintegration support with the cooperation of the Japan office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

## ② Implementation of Mass Deportation Using Charted Flights

Although we endeavor to repeatedly convince deportation evaders to return to their country of their own volition, if they still attempt to evade deportation, they will ultimately be deported on a regular flight accompanied by escort officers based on the provisions of law.

However, deportation using a regular flight can cause a disturbance, for example, the deportee might start shouting in the cabin, and there are cases where the deportation cannot be implemented owing to the decision of the captain to deny boarding, or alternatively, even if the detainee is able to board the aircraft, there is the situation that a tremendous burden may be imposed on the private airlines, such as the detainee bothering other ordinary passengers.

Therefore, from 2013, we have been implementing mass deportations using chartered flights where safe and reliable deportation can be carried out without boarding being denied by the captain, and a total of 153 people from four countries have been deported in this manner by the end of FY 2014.

## 3 Promotion of the Use of IOM Repatriation Programs

On the other hand, there are some foreign nationals whose deportation has been decided who attempt to evade deportation despite wanting to return to their home country because of fears about life after return.

Of these persons, with regard to foreign nationals who are deemed to require humanitarian consideration, programs are implemented for voluntary return and reintegration support with the cooperation of the IOM Japan office. This program aims to dispel anxiety after return home and to encourage the voluntary return of the deportees through reintegration support after return home.

So far, a number of families and individuals have returned home through application of this program, and are receiving living and employment support after their return home from the respective local IOM office.

The Immigration Bureau intends to continue with implementation of these programs with the cooperation of the IOM, and to facilitate the voluntary return home of the deportees and reintegration in their home country.