The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by a Kurdish asylum seeker to revoke a Justice Ministry decision to deny him refugee status.
Erdal Dogan, a 31-year old Turkish Kurd, filed the lawsuit in May 2002 after the Justice Ministry's Immigration Bureau refused to grant him refugee status in 2000. His appeal to immigration was rejected in September 2001.
The Tokyo District Court dismissed his case in February.
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