What exactly is this: asylum, temporary protection, humanitarian admission, resettlement or another protection mechanism?
This is a special landing permission (one of 7 types): landing permission for temporary refuge, an emergency measure of territorial asylum granted by an immigration inspector to a foreign national aboard a vessel or aircraft who may be a refugee or a person eligible for complementary protection.
See recorded sources
- https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/refugee/procedures/higo_00001.html
特例上陸許可(7種類)の一つとして規定されているのが「一時庇護のための上陸の許可(法第18条の2)」です。
- https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/content/001443352.pdf
Landing permission for temporary refuge will be granted by an immigration inspector if a foreign national aboard a vessel or aircraft is likely to be recognized as a refugee for reasons prescribed in the Refugee Convention or other reasons equivalent thereto or as a person under complementary protection, and it is deemed appropriate for permission for temporary landing to be granted to such foreign national. This is an emergency measure taken to provide emergency state protection (territorial asylum).
