Cambodian deal to resettle asylum seekers imminent

11 August 2014
The Sydney Morning Herald
Government / International relations / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation / Multilateral development assistance / United Nations
Australian aid / Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee / CHRAC / Hor Namhong / Julie Bishop / Nauru / UNHCR / United Nations / United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

A controversial deal to allow Australia to send refugees to Cambodia is imminent and could be signed as early as this week, sources have told Fairfax Media.

The Australian and Cambodian governments have been negotiating for months over a deal to resettle up to 1000 refugees from the Australian-run detention centre on Nauru in Cambodia.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop was scheduled to meet her Cambodian counterpart on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit foreign ministers’ meeting on the weekend and Australia’s Ambassador for People Smuggling Issues, Craig Chittick, will visit the country next week, Fairfax Media understands. …

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