Asylum seeker from Myanmar dies shortly after arriving at Christmas Island
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| Immigration says the man from Myanmar was transferred to hospital from the Christmas Island processing area. (safecom.org.au) |
June 2, 2013
The Immigration Department says an asylum seeker has died just hours after arriving on Christmas Island.
The Department of Immigration is investigating the sudden death of a 52-year-old man at the hospital on Christmas Island yesterday.
The man from Myanmar had arrived a few hours earlier and was transferred to hospital from the processing area.
Immigration is not treating the man's death as suspicious. The ABC understands he died of natural causes.
Immigration has expressed its sympathy to the man's family and support is being offered to detainees at the facility.
