Новости иммиграции

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has confirmed a 30-year-old man found unconscious in Western Australia’s Curtin Immigration Detention Centre (IDC) on Saturday (August 21) afternoon, has since died in hospital.

As soon as he was found, ambulance and WA Police were notified while staff attempted to revive him. He was taken by ambulance to Derby Hospital and transferred by air overnight to Perth’s Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.

On August 22, he died. The man’s family has since been advised by DIAC.

The cause of his death and the reason for his collapse are not yet clear and will be a matter for the Coroner.

At this stage there are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding the man’s death.

The department expresses sympathy to the family of the deceased man and will cooperate fully with the Coroner.

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