Stranded migrants on their way home
To get his teenage daughter and niece on a plane yesterday after 10 months of alleged abuse and forced marriages in China, Kim Vicheat* said he had to bury his family in debt because the Cambodian consulate refused to fund their repatriation.
The two 19-year-olds told The Phnom Penh Post by phone last week that they had been trafficked in October to Shanghai, where they were each forced into marrying three times.
After fleeing abusive in-laws, the girls sought help from the Cambodian consulate, only to allegedly become the latest in a series of victims to encounter a lack of support from the overseas diplomats. The girls, both pregnant, said they were forced to sleep on the street and beg for food after the only assistance they were offered was with paperwork. …
Laignee Barron and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stranded-migrants-their-way-home
