Fijian jumps to his death

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A Fijian man died suddenly at a Sydney immigration centre, officials said yesterday, as refugee advocates said he jumped from a rooftop hours before he was due to be deported.

Immigration officials said they were helping a police investigation into the "sudden death of a 36-year-old detainee" at Villawood detention centre, on Sydney's western fringe.

Refugee advocates who had spoken by phone to inmates said the man had "thrown himself from the rooftop" of a building inside the 300-person compound and was believed to have died instantly.