Ministry riled over refugee deal money

11 December 2015
The Cambodia Daily
Aid and development / Government / International relations
Cambodia-Australia refugee deal

Australia has so far disbursed more than $3.5 million in aid to Cambodia as part of the agreement for its unwanted refugees to be resettled here, but the Interior Ministry’s spokesman is livid that the money has come into the country via development agencies rather than going directly to the government.

The Australian Embassy confirmed on Thursday that it had begun to shell out part of the AU$40 million ($29.16 million) that Foreign Minister Julie Bishop promised over four years in exchange for Phnom Penh taking in refugees currently detained by Canberra on the Pacific island of Nauru. …

 Matt Blomberg
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