Fleeing uncertainty: Cambodia to accept 300 Afghan refugees temporarily

[geovalin]

Amid the ongoing situation in Afghanistan, Cambodia has agreed in principle to temporarily accept 300 Afghan refugees with some conditions before they are granted asylum in a third country, a move the government said is due to humanitarian reasons. The acceptance was first announced by Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday in response to a request made by the international organisation to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

 

The irganisatikn is a  nonprofit  international  development  organisation committed to improving lives across a dynamic and developing Asia. Acceding to the  government, the organisation had asked Cambodia to consider the possibility of granting visas to organisation staff in Afghanistan  who  are  Afghan  citizens and their families for a temporary period during which the asylum application process is in progress.

 

“The Cambodian government has decided in principle (to accept temporary refugees) based on humanitarian factors only,” Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Koy Kuong told local media yesterday. Interior Ministry spokesman General Khieu Sopheak told Khmer Times yesterday that the government is working to accept the temporary refugees.

 

read more https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50925303/cambodia-to-accept-300-afghan-refugees-temporarily/

[timmyp]

I remember things not working out so well for those resettled in Cambodia from detention in Nauru. 

https://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/publication/cambodia-and-refugee-protection

 

Better than being shot and killed? Sure seems like the participants in the war should be more responsible for the mess that they created.