Friends of 23-year-old Mano Yogalingam told the ABC the young father arrived in Australia from Sri Lanka in 2013 and had been on a bridging visa for nearly 12 years.
What's next?Refugee advocates have gathered to protest the death of a 23-year-old Tamil asylum seeker who died after setting himself on fire in Melbourne's south-east.
A Victoria Police spokesperson said emergency services were called to a skate park in Noble Park on Tuesday night.The Tamil Refugee Council said it believed the time Mr Yogalingham had spent on a bridging visa had been a contributing factor to his death.Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has been contacted for comment and his department has been asked about the status of Mr Yogalingham's visa application.
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