the administrative measure disapproving the refugee status (2011); need to enhance the human rights of stateless people associated with fake marriage (2011). The Guidelines attempt to present matters to be improved in connection with the need to enhance the level of guaranteeing the human rights of refugees and refugee applicants based on the criteria of the international human rights norms and human rights criteria stipulated in the Constitution with focus on the refugee recognition procedure, reliable interpretation service, degree of proof with regard to refugee requirements, and protection of refugee applicants. 1. Improvement of procedure for refugee application and recognition A. Current status and problems • The international community accuses the country of being unwilling to recognize refugees as well as of having a slow decision-making process for handling refugee applications. Thus, it is necessary to set up a system that facilitates access to procedure and information on the refugee application, provides information in the applicants’ mother tongue, and provides credible translation/interpretation service. Refugees who are not able to prepare sufficient evidentiary materials reportedly fail to defend themselves adequately during the procedure for refugee application and recognition or suffer from human rights infringement for the following reasons: the country’s refugee recognition system is not standardized; public officials who work at certain places such as immigration detention centers, airports, and ports, and judges who are responsible for hearings on the revocation of the administrative measure taken by the immigration authority refusing to recognize the refugee’s status, lack sufficient 54 Human Rights Guidelines on Migration

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