CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia on Monday accepted seven asylum seekers from Myanmar as refugees as the country's new Labor government began unwinding tough immigration laws which force boatpeople into detention on Pacific island nations.
New Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard also signalled Labor was likely to scrap a deal to swap refugees that the former conservative government struck with close ally the United States in April.
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