UN accuses Australia of breaching refugee deal

The UN accused Australia Monday of backtracking on a deal to relax its strong stance on asylum-seekers and resettle some refugees now held in overseas detention on home soil.The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said it had agreed last November to help relocate the boatpeople to the United States on the basis that Canberra would accept some of them who have links to Australia."We agreed to do so on the clear understanding that vulnerable refugees with close family ties in Australia would