自衛隊法改正案が衆院通過　「外国人のみ」輸送可能に

　海外での災害や騒乱などの緊急時に、自衛隊機による外国人のみの輸送を可能とする自衛隊法改正案が１７日の衆院本会議で、自民、公明、立憲民主各党などの賛成多数で可決され、衆院を通過した。今国会で成立する見通し。
　現行の自衛隊法８４条の４は、邦人輸送の際に外国人の同乗を認めているが、外国人のみの輸送を想定していない。昨年８月にアフガニスタンからの緊急退避を行った際、現地の日本大使館などで働くアフガン人の出国希望者が多数いたことを踏まえ、改正することにした。（2022/03/17-15:27）

Japan's House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday to allow the Self-Defense Forces to transport groups of evacuees not including Japanese nationals in the event of natural disasters and other emergencies abroad.
   The lower chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament, approved the bill to revise the SDF law by a majority vote with support from the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito, as well as opposition groups including the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
   The bill is expected to be enacted during the current Diet session through June 15.
   Currently, Part 4 of Article 84 of the SDF law allows foreign nationals to ride on SDF-operated aircraft for evacuation carrying Japanese nationals. But the law does not presuppose a situation in which only foreign evacuees are transported by the SDF.
   When the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in August last year, Japan sent SDF aircraft to evacuate Japanese nationals from the country.