Cambodia will take in Australia’s refugees on voluntary basis: PM

29 September 2014
Xinhuanet News
Aid and development / Australian aid / Government / Human rights / International relations / Social development
Australian aid / Hun Sen / Long Visalo / Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Nauru

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday that the country will take in refugees from Australia on a voluntary basis, stressing that accepting asylum seekers is part of an international obligation for Cambodia. …

Hun Sen said a Cambodian working group will interview those refugees and accept them if they want to live in Cambodia; instead, if they don’t want to come, it’s their rights. …

Long Visalo, secretary of state with the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told a press conference on Monday that a small number of refugees will be resettled in Cambodia later this year or early next year. …

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