在留外国人、２９３万人で最多　不法残留は６年連続増―入管庁

　出入国在留管理庁は２７日、２０１９年末時点で日本に在留する外国人数は前年比７．４％増の２９３万３１３７人で過去最多を更新したと発表した。一方、今年１月１日現在の不法残留者数は同１１．８％増の８万２８９２人で６年連続の増加となった。
　在留外国人を国別に見ると、中国が８１万３６７５人で全体の３割近くを占め、韓国（４４万６３６４人）、ベトナム（４１万１９６８人）と続いた。ベトナムは前年比２４．５％増と大幅な伸びとなった。
　ベトナムは不法残留も３９．８％急増し、１万５５６１人で最多。以下、韓国（１万２５６３人）、中国（１万９０２人）の順となった。（2020/03/27-17:13）

The number of foreign nationals who lived in Japan as of the end of 2019 grew 7.4 pct from a year before to a record 2,933,137, the Immigration Services Agency said Friday.
   Meanwhile, the number of illegal residents as of Jan. 1 this year rose 11.8 pct to 82,892, up for the sixth straight year, the agency said.
   Among legal foreign residents in Japan, Chinese made up the largest group at 813,675, or nearly 30 pct of the total. South Koreans followed with 446,364, and Vietnamese with 411,968. The number of Vietnamese legal residents jumped 24.5 pct.
   Vietnamese topped the list of illegal residents, with the number surging 39.8 pct to 15,561. South Koreans came in second at 12,563, followed by Chinese at 10,902.
   The agency also said it took deportation procedures based on the country's immigration control and refugee recognition law for 19,386 foreigners in 2019, up 19.2 pct. Of the total, 12,816, or 66.1 pct, were illegal workers.