recommendation of the NHRCK must be implemented immediately. Issue 13. Refugee Protection System10 13-1. Improvement of Refugee Application Procedure and Treatment at Port of Entry and Departure 73. The percentage of the decision on referral to refugee status screening at the port of entry and departure is shown in Table 3, and when the decision is made on non-referral, the applicant will be denied entry and stay in the waiting room for repatriation process. [Table 3. Referral of Refugee Applicants at Port of Entry and Departure] Classification Application(A) 2013 2014 2015 2016 26 141 400 187 Referral(B) 15 52 287 61 Non-referral (C) 11 89 113 126 57.7% 36.9% 71.8% 32.6% Ratio of Referral (B/A×100) 74. In general, about 99% of aliens sent to the waiting room will be repatriated within four days. However, if an alien whose application for refugee status was not referred file a suit against the decision on non-referral, he or she will have to stay for a long time in the waiting room. As of September 2016, all foreigners who have stayed in the waiting room for more than three months were refugee applicants, and they have stayed there for 8 to 11 months. 75. The problem is that the waiting room is not suitable for long-term stays of several months. Through transparent walls, staff can monitor 24 hours, while there is a no sunny window, bed or bedding. There are only benches provided in the room, and when the number of accommodated people exceeds the acceptable number of people, there are not even enough benches to go around. Then, they have to gather chairs and sleep on them or on paper boxes. 76. In 2016, the NHRCK recommended to amend the relevant law to refer the 10 Statistics and information on current status were referred to the Research on re-establishment of a guideline on human rights of migrants by the NHRCK in 2017(pp. 195-204), which was submitted by the Ministry of Justice upon the request of civil society organization to disclose administrative information 17