PHNOM PENH, June 4, 2015 (AFP) - Cambodia received its first batch of asylum-seekers from Australian custody on Thursday, with rights groups labelling them "human guinea pigs" for an uncaring policy by Canberra to offload refugees onto other countries.
The migrants -- three Iranians and one ethnic Rohingya from Myanmar -- were flown into Phnom Penh, the capital of one of Southeast Asia’s poorest nations with a weak record for upholding human rights. "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 which is tasked with helping the four settle into their new home.
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