Complex sentence: Applications took about nine months, and were not expedited even in cases of imminent danger (though from fall 1943 applications from refugees "not in acute danger" could be refused, eg people who had reached Spain, Portugal or North Africa).
Split into simpler sentences: Applications took about nine months, and were not expedited even in cases of imminent danger. Furthermore, from fall 1943, applications from refugees "not in acute danger" could be refused (e.g. people who had reached Spain, Portugal or North Africa).