Australia rejects asylum seekers

Australia\'s six-month old government has scrapped a deal under which it had agreed to accept Haitian and Cuban asylum seekers from America.



Australia\'s Immigration Minister, Chris Evans, said the new administration has changed existing immigration policies.



Under the old deal, Australia would have passed on Sri Lankan and Burmese asylum seekers held at an Australian detention centre, if they were also eligible for resettlement in America.



In turn, the Australians would have to resettle up to 200 Cuban and Haitian asylum seekers intercepted at sea by the United States Navy.