A protest by detainees at Sydney's Villawood Immigration Detention Centre has ended, with all 11 men leaving the roof of the centre.
Nine Sri Lankan Tamils and two Iraqis had been on the roof since yesterday morning after the death of a Fiji man at the centre.
36 year old Josefa Rauluni died after he was informed he was being deported.
The detainees climbed to the top of the roof to stage a protest about their own request for asylum.
Earlier yesterday afternoon, officials from the Department of Immigration managed to negotiate with three asylum seekers and brought them down.
The rest then followed.
The asylum seekers wanted someone from the Immigration Department to visit them, setting a deadline of 5pm, but that deadline passed.
They were told they had to come down from the roof before their concerns could be addressed.
It is understood the department has not made any official promises to the detainees.
Earlier an Iranian detainee at the centre, who wanted to be known only as Ali, told the ABC that about 150 fellow inmates had also gone on a hunger strike and several had been taken to hospital.
He said many of the detainees were still in shock after Rauluni's death.
NSW Police are investigating Rauluni's death, which occurred on Monday at the Detention Centre.
Story by: Vijay Narayan
Source: ABC News
