Abubakar Awudu Suraj, a Ghanian national who entered Japan in 1988 on a 15-day visa, was deported as a visa overstayer on March 22, 2010, having been arrested in an immigration sweep in 2009.
Mr. Suraj never made it to Cairo, the destination of his Egypt Air flight, on that fateful day in March, 2010. In fact, for him there was neither take-off nor landing. What happened? This post will try to provide some background. See here for an informative piece from the Japan Times.
As I see it, this matter really concerns excessive force used by airport police, regardless of whether one believes, as I do, that Mr. Suraj deserved amnesty for his visa violations.
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In a way this is unbelievable, but knowing and having experienced living in Japan, it's not hard to believe. My husband is currently in Japanese immigration. I'm waiting on him to come home to the U.S.; however, Japanese immigration is making it very difficult. I pray the same thing does not happen to him.
Great Japan...........
Great Japan???
I hope you and your husband are able to resolve this matter as quickly as possible.
I hope you and your husband are able to resolve this matter as quickly as possible.
thank you, he is actually en route to his home country as we speak.
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