柬埔寨從澳大利亞接受首批難民大綱

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。