日本將對包括中國在內的5國留學生強化入境審查

Japan has decided to tighten its entrance requirements for overseas students from five countries including China and Vietnam from mid-March, as part of its efforts to prevent illegal immigration.

日本政府已經決定從本月中旬起，加強對包括中國和越南在內的5個國家的留學生的入境要求，以此作爲日本阻止非法移民的一項舉措。

However, the Move has been strongly criticized by local language schools as they claim the "standard" to select the counties is biased and unfair.

然而，此舉遭到了日本當地語言學校的強烈批評，他們聲稱選擇國家的這一“標準”有偏見、不公平。

According to Japanese newspaper Nishinippon Shimbun, Japan's Immigration Bureau notified nearly half of the country's Japanese language schools in February to adopt stricter policies for overseas students from five countries, namely, China, Vietnam, Nepal, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka.

據日本媒體《西日本新聞》報道，日本移民局於今年2月份通知了日本近一半的語言學校，將對來自中國、越南、尼泊爾、緬甸和斯里蘭卡等五個國家的留學生實行更嚴格的政策。

These schools are required to ask students to present assets certificates including their bank card records and copies of deposit books at the time of application. Otherwise, they are not allowed to enter Japan.

這些學校被要求在學生提交申請時，必須讓其出示包括銀行卡記錄和存摺複印件等資產證明。否則他們將不能進入日本。

"Most overseas students in Japan come from the five countries and there is an increase in illegal immigration, and previous reports suggested that some overseas students work in Japan illegally," the newspaper quoted an official from the bureau as saying.

《西日本新聞》援引移民局一名官員的話稱：“日本大多數留學生都來自這5個國家，而且非法移民的數量正在增加，之前也有報告稱留學生在日本非法打工。”

The bureau stressed that the change is part of a policy rather than punishment.

日本移民局表示，這一改變是政策的一部分，而不是懲罰。

However, statistics from the bureau showed most of the illegal immigrants in Japan in 2015 were South Koreans, reaching 13,000. The newspaper said that the Japanese public is questioning why these countries are chosen for the tighter entry requirement.

然而據該移民局的統計數據顯示，2015年日本大多數非法移民都是韓國人，有接近13000人。據該報道稱，日本民衆正在質疑爲什麼偏偏是以上這些國家被加強入境要求。