Cambodia admits first asylum-seekers under Australia deal: official

THURSDAY, JUNE 04, 2015
Cambodia admits first asylum-seekers under Australia deal: official

PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Cambodia received its first batch of asylum seekers from Australian custody Thursday as part of a widely-criticised deal between the two countries.

The refugees -- three Iranians and one ethnic Rohingya from Myanmar -- were flown into Phnom Penh airport.
"They have arrived now, and we already handed them to the IOM," Chhay Bonna, the airport's chief immigration officer told AFP, referring to the International Organization for Migration.