The Justice Ministry will double the number of third-party advisers it uses to examine the objections of people seeking refugee status whose applications have been turned down, Justice Minister Keiko Chiba said Tuesday.
Currently, the ministry takes an average of more than two years to reach a final decision from the time an application for refugee status is filed. The upgrade in staff numbers is designed to speed up the process.
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