Gov’t officials visit Nauru refugee site

The U.N. and an Australian refugee rights group say a delegation of Cambodian officials arrived Monday in the South Pacific island nation of Nauru, where Australia is holding hundreds of asylum seekers and hopes to convince at least some of them to volunteer to be resettled in Cambodia. In September, Cambodia signed off on a controversial deal with Australia to take an unspecified number of refugees in return for an additional $35 million in aid over the next four years. This is the first trip Cambodian officials have made to the island in preparation for receiving what could be the initial group of volunteers. …

Zsombor Peter and Hul Reaksmey
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