Two more Rohingya Muslims seek resettlement in Cambodia

Two Muslim Rohingya refugees have volunteered to resettle in Cambodia as part of a controversial deal in which Australia has promised to pay more than U.S. $40 million in costs and aid to the Southeast Asian country for taking refugees off its hands, a Cambodian government official said Tuesday.

The news comes two days after another Rohingya Muslim refugee, who had resettled in Cambodia under the agreement in June, returned to his home in Myanmar after authorities in that country issued him a passport, said Ministry of Interior spokesman Khieu Sopheak. …

Yeang Sotheameta and Chandara Yang
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