柬埔寨从澳大利亚接受首批难民

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.

柬埔寨从澳大利亚接受了首批寻求避难者，这是重新安置难民协议的部分安排。这种做法受到人权组织的广泛批评。

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.

在金边国际机场，柬埔寨官员证实难民已于星期四抵达，并将这批难民交给了国际移民组织，由该组织负责对他们重新安置。

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.

国际移民组织发表声明说，该组织将着手为这些难民提供基本支持，包括语言培训、文化和社会知识介绍以及教育、医疗和就业等方面的服务。

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

声明说，将鼓励和支持这些难民融入柬埔寨社会，并在最短时间内做到自立。

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.

柬埔寨去年与澳大利亚达成3200万美元的重新安置难民协议。澳大利亚拒绝接受这些难民，他们被暂时安置在太平洋岛国瑙鲁的拘留中心。

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.

批评人士说，这项协议显示澳大利亚不顾国际责任，将难民抛弃在柬埔寨，澳大利亚是世界上最大的经济体之一，而柬埔寨则是世界上最贫穷的国家之一。