Cambodia Defends Refugee Deal with Australia

Cambodia says aid money from Australia was not a factor in its decision to accept asylum seekers currently living in a detention center on the Micronesian island of Nauru. In an exclusive interview with VOA Khmer in New York late Sunday, Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said it is time for Cambodia to give back on the issue of refugees. “The reason that we take [the refugees] is that when Cambodia had wars, for nearly 30 years, especially under the Khmer Rouge regime, there were Cambodian...

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