Many Forced Evictions on Horizon: Groups

Dey Kraham demolition (Photo: John Vink/Magnum)

Dey Kraham demolition (Photo: Phnom Penh Post)

By Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
30 December 2009

Dozens of urban poor communities in the capital are facing the prospect of evictions with little compensation, a broad coalition of rights groups and housing advocates said Wednesday.

Phnom Penh has approximately 410 communities of poor families inside its eight districts, and of those, 74 are facing imminent eviction, the coalition told reporters.

The Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee, the Housing Rights Task Force and the NGO Forum jointly expressed deep concern that the communities, which have already received notification from the government, will not be properly paid for moving.

The coalition said it worried that notified families will not be able to find jobs, afford new homes or properly educate their children when they are removed from the city.

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