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Farid Farid

Ninety-day processing time urged for all refugees

Many refugees are waiting years for a determination on their status. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Shortening wait times from several years to 90 days is being recommended as a priority solution to asylum seekers being recognised as refugees in Australia,  where more than 115,000 people have claims.

A bipartisan parliamentary committee said the government should consider reintroducing the 90-day rule into the Migration Act to ensure refugee status determinations were concluded within three months.

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