Australia wants to resettle refugees on remote island, Cambodian opposition leader says

By Lindsay Murdoch
Updated August 25 2014 - 7:08am, first published August 23 2014 - 9:16am
Up to 1000 refugees may be sent to live on a remote Cambodian island. Photo: Angela Wylie
Up to 1000 refugees may be sent to live on a remote Cambodian island. Photo: Angela Wylie

Australia has considered sending up to 1000 refugees to live on a remote island off the coast of impoverished Cambodia under a controversial resettlement agreement,, according to an opposition leader in Phnom Penh.