Three refugees held in detention on Nauru have volunteered to be resettled in Cambodia and could arrive as early as next week, as part of the Coalition’s $55m deal with the country. “There’s a massive amount of money to coerce people to go from Nauru to Cambodia, but people don’t see it as a reliable solution,” he said. They were later joined by another Rohingya refugee. The so-called Cambodia Solution has been criticised by Labor, human rights groups, and international law experts as a costly failure. In August, the Phnom Penh Post reported that Connect Settlement Services was also brought on board to facilitate the resettlement of refugees from Nauru to Cambodia.

Source: The Guardian October 15, 2016 07:18 UTC