Sydney - Refugees of Myanmar held in Australian immigration detention has been treated in hospital Monday after he attempted to set fire to himself, says refugee advocates.
The immigration Department has confirmed that a detainee was transported to hospital after a "small fire" North of the detention Centre Immigration in Darwin on 2 h 30 (1700 GMT Sunday), but that the person has been injured.
"We cannot speculate on the cause of the fire, but the inmate had no injury", a spokesman told AFP.
Since released "(They_have) and return to the centre," she says, adding that the federal police were investigated on the incident. The asylum seeker has been back to centre about eight hours after the incident.
Advocates since the said asylum seeker Resource Centre the inmate is Myanmar and had "burned himself last night in desperation' after eight months of uncertainty as to its application.
ASRC, said man had obtained refugee status, but his visa was made to be retained by the security checks.
"He was desperate to get out of detention because (he) fear for the life of her children at home and (he) powerless to help them in detention," ASRC, said on his Twitter feed. ""
"He was so afraid of his children, he has previously requested must be sent to the home page in spite of his own life in danger to save her children.
The man had "begged be freed or returned or said at least when it comes from detention" to define itself turns on, said the security issues.
The public broadcaster ABC, citing sources within the centre, also reported that the man was Myanmar and that he attempted to ignite.
Immigration officials would not comment on gender of the inmate, nationality or the status of their application.
Tensions are high in the centres of the immigration of the Australia after a record 6,500 refugees arrived by fishing boat fleeing from the Indonesia last year, which extends the capacity of the facilities. Most of Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Iraq.
Protests and hunger strikes erupted recently after a refugee boat broken rocks remote Christmas Island, killing about 50 people, and Canberra announced a thrust to expel Afghan force rejected asylum.
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