Gov’t still considering taking refugees from Australia

25 April 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Government / International relations / Migration / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Interior / Population and censuses
Australian aid / Ministry of Interior / Nauru / Sar Kheng / Scott Morrison

Interior Minister Sar Kheng said Thursday that the government is still considering an Australian government proposal to take in asylum seekers intercepted while trying to reach the country. Speaking on the sidelines of a ceremony to swear in the heads of the new general departments of immigration and identification, Mr. Kheng said that the Australian and Cambodian governments have yet to secure an agreement. … In a television interview earlier this month, Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said that his government was close to securing a deal that would see Cambodia resettle asylum seekers currently being detained on the South Pacific island nation of Nauru. …

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