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Human rights groups have described a deal to SEND
asylum seekers from Australia's offshore detention centres to Cambodia as shameful.
asylum seekers from Australia's offshore detention centres to Cambodia as shameful.
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison will travel to Phnom Penh to sign the deal tomorrow.
The minister is not releasing details of the deal, but Cambodia's government has CONFIRMED it will be signing a memorandum of understanding with Mr Morrison.
it will be signing a memorandum of understanding with Mr Morrison.
The president of Cambodia's Centre for Human Rights, Virak Ou, told Radio National Breakfast the country was poor and had a terrible RECORD for protecting refugees.
for protecting refugees.
"It is shameful but it is also illegal. The Australian Government has an obligation to protect refugees and sending them Cambodia's way is not how a responsible country protects refugees," he said.
"Cambodia is in no position to take refugees. We are a poor country, the health system is sub-par at most. I don't know how the refugees will send their kids to school. Read the full article here.
1 comment:
What the International folks say about Cambodia are these:
1. Cambodia is a pathetic country.
2. Khmer race is violent, refugees will not be safe in Cambodia.
3. Cambodia's education is pathetic, how can the refugees' children learn.
4. Cambodia is a sick country... Don't send the refugees there.
Oh man, what a pathetic country. Look across the border, Vietnam is a much better country even Vietnam suffered a lot more wars against France and USA. Cambodia did very little in the war against colonialism or imperialism, yet Cambodia did not progress much.
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