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| Asylum seeker dies in Australia from self-inflicted burns | Asylum seeker dies in Australia from self-inflicted burns |
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| A 23-year-old Iranian asylum seeker who set himself on fire at Australia's detention centre on the island of Nauru has died. | A 23-year-old Iranian asylum seeker who set himself on fire at Australia's detention centre on the island of Nauru has died. |
| Australia's immigration department confirmed the man died at Brisbane Hospital on Friday. | |
| His actions were a "political protest", according to the Nauruan government. | His actions were a "political protest", according to the Nauruan government. |
| Australia sends asylum seekers it intercepts for processing at offshore locations, including Nauru, a small Pacific Island nation. | Australia sends asylum seekers it intercepts for processing at offshore locations, including Nauru, a small Pacific Island nation. |
| The man, known as Omid, set himself on fire at the Nauru detention centre on Tuesday and was airlifted to Brisbane Hospital in Australia with severe burns to his torso. | |
| A statement from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection said it was providing "appropriate support" to the man's wife and friends. | |
| Graphic video footage of the incident, which reportedly occurred during a United Nations visit to the island, has been published on Australian news websites. | |
| This man's death comes as Australia's other offshore processing centre on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea, is threatened with closure. | |
| Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court ruled the detention of asylum seekers was unconstitutional and therefore illegal on Wednesday. |