Cambodia deal says refugees will be settled outside Phnom Penh
The deal signed with Cambodia by immigration minister Scott Morrison will see refugees held on Nauru resettled “outside” Phnom Penh.
As foreign minister Julie Bishop defended the deal on Sunday, a copy of the memorandum of understanding with Cambodia, which has been posted on Morrison’s official website, revealed the first details of the scheme.
Morrison refused to answer questions regarding the memorandum of understanding during a 5-minute signing ceremony on Friday, after which he clinked champagne glasses with Cambodian officials.
But it says that the duration of the deal will initially be for four years, and can be terminated six months after notice is given in writing either by the Australian or Cambodian government. …
Lauren Crothers
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/27/cambodia-deal-says-refugees-will-be-settled-outside-phnom-penh
