柬埔寨從澳大利亞接受首批難民

Cambodia has received its first group of asylum seekers from Australia, as part of a refugee resettlement deal that has been widely criticized by human rights groups.

柬埔寨從澳大利亞接受了首批尋求避難者，這是重新安置難民協議的部分安排。這種做法受到人權組織的廣泛批評。

Officials at the Phnom Penh international airport confirmed the refugees arrived Thursday and were handed over to the International Organization for Migration, which is helping resettle them.

在金邊國際機場，柬埔寨官員證實難民已於星期四抵達，並將這批難民交給了國際移民組織，由該組織負責對他們重新安置。

In a statement, IOM said it will "begin to provide essential support, including language training, cultural and social orientation, education services, health services, and employment services" for the asylum seekers.

國際移民組織發表聲明說，該組織將着手爲這些難民提供基本支持，包括語言培訓、文化和社會知識介紹以及教育、醫療和就業等方面的服務。

"They will be encouraged and supported to integrate into the Cambodian community and become self-reliant as quickly as possible," said the statement.

聲明說，將鼓勵和支持這些難民融入柬埔寨社會，並在最短時間內做到自立。

Cambodia last year reached a $32 million agreement to resettle refugees who were rejected by Australia and are now being held in a detention center in the Pacific island nation of Nauru.

柬埔寨去年與澳大利亞達成3200萬美元的重新安置難民協議。澳大利亞拒絕接受這些難民，他們被暫時安置在太平洋島國瑙魯的拘留中心。

Critics say the deal amounts to Australia, one of the world's biggest economies, neglecting its international responsibilities and dumping refugees off on Cambodia, one of the world's poorest countries.

批評人士說，這項協議顯示澳大利亞不顧國際責任，將難民拋棄在柬埔寨，澳大利亞是世界上最大的經濟體之一，而柬埔寨則是世界上最貧窮的國家之一。