More refugees leave Cambodia, further straining $55m deal with Australia

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Shaun Turton

Two Iranian refugees, brought to Cambodia under a resettlement deal with Australia, have gone back to Iran, meaning just two of five people who have moved to the Kingdom under the controversial A$55 million (US$41 million) scheme remain in the country.

Director of the Interior Ministry’s Refugee Department Kerm Sarin said the pair, an Iranian couple in their 40s who were among the first four arrivals who touched down in June 2015, had returned home on February 12.

“They volunteered to go back. They didn’t [give] any reason. They went back to their hometown. It was a man and a woman; they didn’t say they were unhappy. They have a right to stay or to leave, so if they enjoy staying in Cambodia, they stay; if they don’t want to, if they want to go back home, it’s up to them.”

read more: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national

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Gonna have a try for Europe, benefits and sharia (coming).

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More refugees leave Cambodia, further straining $55m deal with Australia

Of the five refugees transferred to Cambodia under resettlement deal, three have abandoned the country and risked returning home despite ‘well-founded fear of persecution’

Australia’s $55m refugee resettlement deal with Cambodia has been dealt another crippling blow, with two more refugees deciding to abandon the south-east Asian country and risking a return home.

Of the five refugees transferred to Cambodia, three have decided to go home, leaving just two resettled refugees in the country.

read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/08/more-refugees-leave-cambodia-further-straining-55m-deal-with-australia