A 24 year old man is reportedly ‘near death’ after being on a hunger strike for 44-days. Leading refugee rights activist Victoria Martin said that this young person’s tragedy is another example of “the failure of the case workers at the Department of Immigration to support people and deliver honest, accurate information in a timely manner.”

Saeed Hassanloo fled Iran with his brother as a nineteen year-old in 2009. His refugee status was rejected but because Iran does not take forced returns, Mr Hassanloo has been in immigration detention since his arrival in Australia.

“Saeed has repeatedly complained to advocates that his case manager at Yongah would not return his calls would not come in and see him would not give him information about his case,” said Ms Martin in a report in thestringer.com.au, an independent news site.

Ms Martin said she “sees this a lot” in her advocacy. Advocates across the nation tell much the same.

“We find people who have not got copies of their documents, who are harassed, as Saeed was harassed, to just go home,” says Ms Martin

Latest reports indicate that Ms Hassanloo’s condition is improving after he accepted medical assistance, according to Immigration Minister Peter Dutton.

"I'm advised overnight that Saeed has accepted medical assistance and is on some path to recovery," Mr Dutton told Radio National Breakfast.

"Obviously he's got a long way to go but the advice that I have is that he has decided to take fluids or food and he's speaking to his case manager and his medical team."

The Immigration Minister says while he is pleased the asylum seeker's condition has improved, his actions will not change his circumstances.

"If I was to succumb to that pressure, the strong advice from my department is that I would have hundreds if not thousands of people on hunger strikes tomorrow," he said.

In the meantime, Mr Hassanloo who has been held in detention for the past four-and-a-half years, first in a community detention centre in Melbourne and then at Yongah Hill remains in a critical condition at the Royal Perth Hospital.