Cambodia intends to sign asylum deal

30 April 2014
The Australian
Government / Human rights / International relations / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation / Social development
Australian aid / Myanmar / Nauru / Ouch Borith / Southeast Asia

A Senior Cambodian official has said his country has tentatively agreed to accept asylum-seekers who had been seeking to settle in Australia. Foreign Ministry Secretary of State Ouch Borith told reporters there was an agreement in principle to take the asylum-seekers, who are being held in camps on the Pacific island nation of Nauru under an agreement with Australia. However, he stressed that Cambodia had not yet approved the deal. …

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