SYDNEY: Australia said Tuesday it is seeking new countries to resettle refugees in after confirming only four people have moved to Cambodia, which has agreed to accept refugees in exchange for aid.

Under a hardline policy in place for several years, Canberra has denied asylum-seekers arriving on unauthorized boats resettlement in Australia, sending them instead to the small Pacific nation of Nauru or Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island.

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