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Refugee resettled in Cambodia under Australia deal wants to go home

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PHNOM PENH -- A Myanmar Rohingya refugee recently resettled in Cambodia in a controversial and lucrative deal with Australia wants to go home, a Cambodian official said Monday.Under Canberra's hardline immigration policy, asylum-seekers who arrive by boat are denied resettlement in Australia and sent to Papua New Guinea and Nauru, even if they are genuine refugees.In a deal...

US actress Mia Farrow (center), a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, sits with children of Syrian refugees at an UNICEF office in Wadi Khaled, north Lebanon, January 14, 2013. More than 60,000 people have been killed during a 21-month-old revolt against Syrian Pr

Lebanon launches plan to cope with Syrian refugee crisis

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BEIRUT -- Lebanon's Prime Minister Tammam Salam expressed hope on Monday in the newly drafted response plan to the Syrian refugee crisis.He believes the plan could be a "tangible roadmap that would allow donors to focus on precise sectors to raise enough funds to make the necessary difference," more than simply an "alert.""This document is the fruit of...