Cambodia and Australia will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the settlement of refugees from Australia to Cambodia on Friday, the Cambodian Foreign Ministry announced in a news statement on Wednesday.

The signing ceremony will be held during a visit of Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison to Cambodia from Sept. 26 to 27, the statement said.

"During the visit, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng and Scott Morrison will sign a MoU between the Cambodian government and the Australian government relating to the settlement of refugees in Cambodia," it said.

The statement did not give details of the number of refugees Cambodia will receive from Australia and the location for those asylum seekers to live in Cambodia.

In May, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said the Southeast Asian nation will take in only voluntary refugees from Australia, and added that Australia will send a number of refugees from the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru to Cambodia.

Australia proposed the refugee deal with Cambodia in February during a visit of Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop to Cambodia.

Under the offshore processing scheme, which Australia says is aimed at deterring people-smugglers, any asylum-seeker arriving by boat or intercepted at sea is transferred to detention centers in Manus island of Papua New Guinea or Nauru for processing.

If their asylum claims were approved, they would only be allowed to settle outside Australia.