Somali Refugee Sets Herself on Fire in Protest at Australian Detention
A Somali woman seeking asylum in Australia is in critical condition after setting herself on fire at an Australian detention facility on the pacific island of Nauru.
Hodan Yasin is the second refugee to self-immolate within a week after 23-year-old Iranian national Omid Masoumali died after also setting himself alight at the facility. Australian authorities have transferred her to Australia for treatment, the country’s Immigration Minister Peter Dutton confirmed.
She had been treated in Australia for a head injury obtained in a motorbike accident but was forcibly returned to Naura last Wednesday, the Refugee Action Coalition said.
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