Fil- Japanese Noriko Calderon’s parents to be deported Options

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Filipino couple allowed to visit daughter in Japan after returning to RP
03/07/2009 | 05:28 PM
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MANILA, Philippines - An undocumented Filipino couple set to be deported to the Philippines has been allowed to visit their teenage daughter who will be left behind in Japan in the near future, an online report said.

The Japan Times quoted Justice Minister Eisuke Mori saying on Friday said that couple Arlan and Sarah Calderon will be allowed to return to Japan for short stays to see their 13-year-old daughter after they are deported for illegal entry.

“We will be willing to give the parents special permission to return (after they are deported) if they want to see their daughter," said Mori.

Arlan and Sarah Calderon have only until Monday to leave Japan while their daughter, Noriko, who was born in Japan and currently attends a junior high school in Warabi, was allowed to remain.

Usually, deported persons would not be able to revisit Japan for five years, but Mori said in the report that he will allow the Calderons to make short visits within the five-year period for humanitarian reasons.

The couple has previously sought special permission for residence for their entire family so that they can continue to live in Japan together, but the Justice Ministry and immigration authorities have repeatedly rejected their pleas.

Mori noted that Noriko has relatives in Japan, specifically her aunt who lives in the Saitama Prefecture, who can take care of her while her parents are gone.

The couple had both went to work in Japan years before they married and gave birth to Noriko. But they were ordered deported after Japanese authorities found that they came to Japan using false identities. - Kimberly Jane T. Tan, GMANews.TV

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Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines – The Filipino family that faces deportation from Japan will receive help from concerned government agencies when they reintegrate back to Philippine society, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Thursday.

“The DFA and other concerned agencies are ready to extend humanitarian and other assistance to the Calderon family, including their reintegration into Philippine society, contingent on the results of the proceedings underway in Japan with respect to that country's implementation of its laws,” said DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs Esteban Conejos in a text message.

The Calderons, whose 13-year-old daughter Noriko was born in Japan and raised to speak only Japanese, refused to leave that country after authorities there found their years’ long stay was illegal.

Conejos said the immigration case of Arlan and Sarah Calderon was being closely monitored by the department.

“The Philippine embassy in Tokyo is in touch with the family on the matter of their residency status,” he said.

The teenage daughter has opted to stay in Japan, complicating the deportation proceedings of her parents. The Japanese Ministry of Justice has given Noriko the option of going back to the Philippines with her parents or to remain in Japan.

The DFA said the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) was willing to help the child adjust.

The Calderons’ case has attracted attention from international
agencies like the United Nations, which has asked for a copy of the Calderons’ case file for review, and Amnesty International, which has called on Japanese authorities to allow the couple to stay with their daughter in Japan.

AI argued that the in the child’s interest, her parents should not be deported back to the Philippines.

But the DFA is wary of helping the Calderons who violated Japanese laws, as the Philippines likewise seeks to strictly enforce its immigration laws.

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Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines – The Filipino family that faces deportation from Japan will receive help from concerned government agencies when they reintegrate back to Philippine society, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Thursday.

“The DFA and other concerned agencies are ready to extend humanitarian and other assistance to the Calderon family, including their reintegration into Philippine society, contingent on the results of the proceedings underway in Japan with respect to that country's implementation of its laws,” said DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs Esteban Conejos in a text message.

The Calderons, whose 13-year-old daughter Noriko was born in Japan and raised to speak only Japanese, refused to leave that country after authorities there found their years’ long stay was illegal.

Conejos said the immigration case of Arlan and Sarah Calderon was being closely monitored by the department.

“The Philippine embassy in Tokyo is in touch with the family on the matter of their residency status,” he said.

The teenage daughter has opted to stay in Japan, complicating the deportation proceedings of her parents. The Japanese Ministry of Justice has given Noriko the option of going back to the Philippines with her parents or to remain in Japan.

The DFA said the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) was willing to help the child adjust.

The Calderons’ case has attracted attention from international
agencies like the United Nations, which has asked for a copy of the Calderons’ case file for review, and Amnesty International, which has called on Japanese authorities to allow the couple to stay with their daughter in Japan.

AI argued that the in the child’s interest, her parents should not be deported back to the Philippines.

But the DFA is wary of helping the Calderons who violated Japanese laws, as the Philippines likewise seeks to strictly enforce its immigration laws.

Sana hindi na muna makialam yung international agencies. Maganda ang relasyon ng dalawang bansa. Lumabag sa batas yung Pinoy. May batas ang Hapon na dapat nilang ipatupad. Malalagay ngayon sa kahihiyan ang bansang Hapon dahil sa kagagawan ng kababayan natin. Maraming illegal na 'Pinoy sa Japan at marami pa rin ang nakakapasok illegaly hanggang ngayon. Sana hindi magbago ang set up na ganito.

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Filipino couple faces imminent deportation, separation from Japan-born daughter


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Alan Calderon - Noriko's father


Arlan Calderon, right, his wife Sarah, left, and daughter Noriko, second from left, at their home with Arlan's coworkers, who came to encourage the family. (Mainichi)
Arlan Calderon, right, his wife Sarah, left, and daughter Noriko, second from left, at their home with Arlan's coworkers, who came to encourage the family. (Mainichi)

WARABI, Saitama -- A Filipino man and his wife face imminent deportation from Japan, and the painful possibility of leaving their 13-year-old daughter behind.

Arlan Calderon, 36, an interior demolition worker living in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, arrived in Japan illegally in 1993, and has been ordered by the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau to turn himself in to authorities for deportation by Friday. In response, his coworkers have rallied around him and more than 19,000 signatures have been collected on a petition calling on the Ministry of Justice to give him special permission to stay in Japan.

What's more, Arlan's Japanese-born daughter Noriko, a junior high school first grader, must either go with her family, or remain in Japan without her parents.

"Japan is my beloved country. And I want to live together with my whole family," pleads Noriko.

Arlan's long illegal stay in Japan began with an altered passport. On the night before he was to leave for Japan, Arlan went to get his passport from the broker he had hired to secure his visa to the country. The passport he accepted had a different person's last name and a birth date one year too early. He took the passport despite the changes. "I had already paid, so I just got on the plane," Arlan says.

Once he arrived, Arlan learned Japanese in about a year. He did dirty and dangerous jobs, such as asbestos removal, and worked almost entirely at night. Despite such conditions, he strived to succeed, believing that "to achieve recognition in Japan, I had to put in five times the effort."

In one incident, Arlan even rescued the job site supervisor from under several heavy sheets of metal. "Without you here, this company would be in trouble," his firm's president once told him.

Arlan's wife Sarah Calderon, 38, whom he married in Japan, was arrested in July 2006 for staying in Japan illegally. While Sarah was in custody, Arlan knew that he couldn't leave the then 11-year-old Noriko alone at home during the night. So, for the some 10 months Sarah was gone, Arlan took his daughter to work with him, where she slept in the car.

The family was ordered to leave Japan by the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau in November 2006, and Arlan's lawsuit to have the order cancelled was rejected. When Arlan visited the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau on Feb. 13, he was told that either his whole family had to go, or he could leave Noriko behind in Japan. The bureau also demanded that Arlan set a date for his departure. Unable to make such a choice, he will visit the immigration bureau once more on Friday.

What Arlan regrets most in all his trouble with the authorities is that events have led to his daughter suffering.

Hoping to encourage the Calderon family, five of Arlan's coworkers visited his home on Feb. 7.

"Arlan is the old hand at work. He takes good care of the rest of us, and he treats everyone equally. So we all think we should help him," says Koichiro Hosono, 29.

"Absolutely do not give up, because we're all with you," Arlan's workmates told him, trying to keep his spirits up.

According to the Immigration Bureau of the Ministry of Justice, there were around 174,000 people staying in Japan illegally as of January 2008. In 2007, immigration authorities ordered the deportation of 45,502 illegal residents, though 7,388 received special permission to stay in Japan from the minister of justice. Of those special cases, 1,457 people had entered the country illegally.



Calderon & Watanabe, "13-Year Old Girl Born in Japan Fights Deportation"
Time: 2009 Feb 10 17:00 - 18:00
Summary:

Press Conference:


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Noriko Calderon

Arlan Cruz Calderon, Noriko Calderon & Shogo Watanabe;
13-Year Old Girl Born in Japan Fights Deportation
Language:

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Alan Calderon

The speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English Interpretation.
Description:

Noriko Calderon, 13, considers herself Japanese. Born and raised in Kawaguchi, she knows little of her parents' home country, the Philippines, and neither does she speak its language, Tagalog.

Noriko now faces a stark choice: Travel to the Philippines with her parents Arlan and Sarah, who after being arrested in 2006 for overstaying their visas face deportation, or stay alone in Japan. In September, her mother and father lost their final appeal to Japan's Supreme Court to remain here and live on a provisional release that must be renewed every couple of months. They and their daughter face an uncertain future.

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Shogo Watanabe

Come to the Club to hear about the family's plight. Their lawyer, Shogo Watanabe, will be present to explain what legal options they have to remain in Japan.

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May mga kakilala ako na nasa Japan matagal na matagal na dun. Puro mga ilegal. Nandun pa rin hanggang ngayon. Ano kaya't ba't natyempuhan itong si Arlan? Sana hindi lumaki tong kasong ito't madamay yung iba pang mga ilegal na Pinoy. Wawa naman sila kung nagkataon.

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Filipinos number more than 400,000 in Japan alone, making them 3rd largest Asian group after Chinese and Koreans

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Kawawa yung bata dahil sa kagagawan ng mga magulang.

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Noriko even though that she was a Japanese all along ! Pero Pinay pala