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Since the government last May changed the way it distributes funds to asylum-seekers, nonprofit organizations have had to deal with an influx of callers in critical situations.
The office of the Japan Association for Refugees in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, sometimes gets 15 to 20 visits a day from refugees who have been cut off from government aid, according to Mika Sakurai, a staff member of the NPO.