ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION LEADS TO CRIME
In Japan.
Crimes committed by foreigners are often lumped together in reports. In actuality, however, the offenses are diverse, ranging from house burglaries and car theft to armed robbery and the illegal trafficking of guns and drugs. Last year foreigners in Japan accounted for about 35,000 criminal cases and about 16,000 arrests. These figures are the highest on record, exceeding last year's statistics by about 4,000 cases and roughly 1,600 arrests.---
About half of the foreign criminals in Japan are said to have entered the country illegally. It is also believed that there are many cases in which foreigners enter Japan nominally, for example, to study at a Japanese-language school and then become involved in crime. To staunch the illegal inflow of foreigners at ports of entry, it is essential to strengthen ties between the police and immigration authorities domestically and to bolster cooperation with related countries.
According to the annual white paper, Chinese account for more than one-third of the criminal cases perpetrated by foreigners in Japan, followed by Brazilians, Turks and South Koreans.
How shocking--people who move about illegally and lie to gain entry end up committing crimes. We're not the only country that seems to have this problem.