Australia urged to intervene for refugees in Cambodia

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Australia urged to intervene for refugees in Cambodia

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Australia urged to stop Cambodia returning persecuted refugees to Vietnam
20 September 2017
Australia has been urged to pressure its refugee resettlement partner Cambodia to halt the “imminent return” of 29 Montagnard refugees to Vietnam where they face violent persecution.

Twenty-nine refugees from the ethnic and religious minority face deportation to Vietnam, despite the UN’s refugee agency offering to take the group out of Cambodia and protect them while a permanent third-country resettlement is found.

The group faced “almost certain arrest and persecution” upon return, the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) said, and “the Australian government has an ethical obligation to do everything in its power to stop such action”...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... f-refugees
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This must be something of a joke. Australia has an abysmal human rights record and the term 'ethical obligation', in the context of 'fugees and asylum seekers, is not and never has been a part of the Australian vernacular.
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Khartoum wrote: Thu Sep 21, 2017 3:36 pm This must be something of a joke. Australia has an abysmal human rights record and the term 'ethical obligation', in the context of 'fugees and asylum seekers, is not and never has been a part of the Australian vernacular.
Abysmal human rights record, yes. However, per capita, Australia takes in over 200% of the refugees America does. It's a complex situation, but many refugees live good lives here. Entrenched racism exists in the system, leading to certain well-known atrocities and it's fucked up, not trying to be an apologist at all. But also not looking to paint things black and white. Australia is a country struggling to come to terms with its brutal past and its contemporary brown-nosing of the US, although most Aussies don't know it.
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