Since the age of 10, Gursewak Singh has written more than 50 letters to Japan's Justice Minister. Each of them contains a simple plea: to be recognized as a citizen of the country he was born in. He's now 17, and has never received a reply.
It's one of the wealthiest nations in the world yet Japan rejects 99 per cent of the asylum applications it receives, leaving many applicants in limbo.
Most asylum-seeker children born in Japan live without citizenship.
Now, one teenager is fighting for recognition.
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