Prime Minister Hun Sen, on Wednesday, said that the US government planned to deport back to Cambodia all Cambodian people breaking the US laws, no matter they were refugee convicted for committing crime or they are Cambodian people who went to the US after 1994 and tried to illegally stay over there.
In his speech with more that 10,000 garment workers on Wednesday, the premier said that he had asked his Minister of Interior Sar Kheng to negotiate with the US government to sign a new agreement concerning the repatriation of the Cambodian people who went to the US after 1994 and illegally stayed over there.
"Moreover, the US counterpart asked us to accept the Cambodian people who [illegally] went to live in the US after 1994," said Mr. Hun Sen.
The premier also said that the Kingdom of Cambodia would welcome all Cambodian people deported from the US without letting them to be sent by the US government to live on a remote island.
According to General Khieu Sophak, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, as of February 2017, more than 500 Cambodian people were deported from the US.
However, Prime Minister Hun Sen added that he has asked the US government to think about providing enough money to the Cambodian deportees for them to be able to start their new life in Cambodia.
Previously, Prime Minister Hun Sen pointed out that the Cambodian-American agreement concerning the deportation was still valid, but Cambodian counterpart would like to amend the agreement in a view to make the deportation conform to the principle of humanity and human rights.
"It is a heartbreaking story for Cambodian people deported from the US. Their family is dispersed, wives are separated from husbands, parents are separated from children. The US Government should understand that, because it concerns humanity and human rights," said Prime Minister Hun Sen as reported by Fresh News.
Not only Prime Minister Hun Sen, former US president Barack Obama himself also considers the deportation is a «heartbreaking» story. Regarding this matter, the former president has been using all legal measures, from The Congress to The Supreme Court, to be able to reform the US immigration system in order to ban the deportation and also to legalise 4 million long-stay immigrants in the US. But he failed to do so - the opposition party in the US successfully blocked his proposal at The Supreme Court.
"Today’s decision is frustrating for those who seek to grow our economy, bring rationality to our immigration system and allow people to come out of the shadows and lift this perpetual cloud from them," Mr. Obama told reporters at The White House last year after The Supreme Court had been blocking his proposal.
"It is heartbreaking for the millions of immigrants who made their lives here, who raised families here, who hoped for the opportunity to work, pay taxes, serve in our military, and more fully contribute to this country in an open way," added Mr. Obama as reported by The Guardian.
"Sooner or later immigration reform will get done. Congress will not be able to ignore America forever. It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when," added the former president as reported by The Guardian.
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