Cambodia revives refugee deal:

Cambodia said on Tuesday it will send a team to a South Pacific detention centre next month to interview two refugees who have volunteered to be resettled, reviving an agreement with Australia that seemed on the verge of collapse.

Australia has vowed to stop asylum seekers sailing from Indonesia and Sri Lanka and landing on its shores, instead intercepting boats at sea and holding those on board in camps in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.

Cambodia agreed with Australia in 2014 to take in refugees from Nauru in exchange for A$40 million ($28.56 million) in aid, but it later threatened to withdraw from the agreement. (RTRS)