Australia violating rights of refugee children sent to Cambodia, says Unicef

United Nations Children’s Fund joins agencies raising concerns about refugee transfer agreement sending children and their families from Nauru to Cambodia

The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) says Australia is violating the rights of children being sent from Nauru to Cambodia under the refugee transfer agreement.

Unicef has joined a chorus of international agencies in raising concerns over the $40m refugee resettlement pact with Cambodia, with the first of the refugees expected to be flown out from Nauru this week.

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