“There are so many difficulties,” he said of life here. “It’s not easy.” Seemingly little things, such as going to the bank to withdraw money or buying a mobile phone SIM card, can be monumental tasks for him, because the only documentation he has is a refugee certificate. Given the choice, he would resettle immediately. A sponsorship opportunity has arisen in Canada, but he has yet to hear back. A similar fate likely awaits those who may end up here if a supposedly imminent deal between the Australian and Cambodian governments is inked, which would see refugees currently being detained on the South Pacific island nation of Nauru resettled in Cambodia.
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 07:32:16 +0000
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