'I can't take it any more': Federal government refuses asylum seeker payouts and apologies 24 times

By Nicole Hasham
Updated November 20 2015 - 2:18pm, first published 1:48pm
Late Iranian asylum seeker Ali Rahimi, with a photograph of his family. Mr Rahimi died at Villawood detention centre of heart failure in 2012.  Photo: Supplied
Late Iranian asylum seeker Ali Rahimi, with a photograph of his family. Mr Rahimi died at Villawood detention centre of heart failure in 2012. Photo: Supplied

Ali Rahimi's friends thought him a calm, quiet fellow, and his heart tests came back normal. But with little warning in February 2012, his aorta ruptured and the 44-year-old died.

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