Man Sets Himself on Fire in Sydney, Protesting Immigration Policy<br />By DAMIEN CAVE and ISABELLA KWAIJULY 28, 2017<br />SYDNEY, Australia — A man set himself on fire after a standoff with the police near the Sydney offices of the Department of Immigration<br />and Border Protection on Friday, the police said, unleashing screams and smoke and prompting a rapid rescue by firefighters and the police.<br />A man is loaded into an ambulance after reportedly setting himself on fire outside the Department of Immigration<br />in Sydney @2GBNews #MRNews pic.twitter.com/6VZxxKtW6C It is not yet clear what exactly the man was protesting.<br />" The police declined to identify the man or his nationality but said<br />that it was an act of protest and that the man was not seriously hurt. that Police were ready with a fire extinguisher and extinguished the man.<br />At the same time, however, Mr. Turnbull and his immigration minister, Peter Dutton, have actively promoted the country’s strict refusal to allow anyone to reach Australia by<br />boat — attracting harsh criticism from the United Nations for the treatment of refugees in offshore detention centers — and praise from immigration hard-liners worldwide.<br />s from mental illness." The police appear to have been well prepared in part because they said they had previous experience with the man<br />and because threats of self-immolation in protest against Australia’s immigration policies are somewhat common. that is a person who suffer<br />And last year, several refugees set themselves on fire on Nauru, one of two remote<br />islands where Australia has been holding asylum seekers caught at sea.
