Immigration Minister Scott Morrison confirms that the asylum seeker who was killed during the Manus Island detention centre outbreak was 23 year old Iranian man, Reza Berati.

THE Iranian man killed during the Manus Island riot on Monday night has been identified as 23-year-old asylum seeker Reza Berati.

An asylum seeker advocate released a photo of Berati yesterday evening; his identity has now been confirmed by Immigration Minister Scott Morrison.

“Mr Berati arrived on SIEV 805 at Christmas Island on 24 July 2013 with no family members and he arrived on Manus on the 27th August 2013,” he said.

Mr Morrison said the family has asked his body be returned to Iran for his burial.

“The Australian government will fulfil that request.”

“The body is in the process of being moved to Port Moresby … with a police escort.”

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Mr Berati died after riots broke out on Manus Island on Monday night. Seventy-six asylum seekers were injured in the violence, with five requiring medical evacuations, including one man who was shot in the buttocks.

It is still unclear exactly what transpired during the riots, during which asylum seekers are believed to have broken out of the detention centre on Manus Island. Refugee advocates claim detainees were set upon by Manus locals as well as secutiry contractures from G4S and PNG authorities.

The rest of detainees have since been accounted for following a roll call.

An independent inquiry has been launched into the events and will be headed by the former Secretary of the Attorney General’s department Mr Robert Cornall.

He conducted the previous review into sexual assault allegations at Manus Island under the previous government.

“The Secretary of my department Mr Bowles has initiated an independent review to investigate and report on the key issues surrounding the incidents and those events leading up to them,” Mr Morrison said.

“The review will look closely at any actions of those contracted to provide services at the centre in a safe and secure manner.”

This review will “determine exactly what the facts were,” Mr Morrison said.

The Minister said he would like to see a report of the review within the next few months, but if more time was needed to get the full picture of what happened, more time would be granted.

Operation Sovereign Borders Commander Lieutenant General Angus Campbell, who visited the island, is en route back to Australia and will brief Mr Morrison on his return.

It has been 64 days since a successful people smuggling venture to Australia, the longest consecutive period since August 2008, the Minister told reporters.

Pamela Curr from the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre tweeted Berati’s picture on Thursday.

Investigations into the asylum seeker’s death are ongoing amid claims he was murdered by out-of-control guards.

Reza Berati 25 years old murdered in Manus Feb 2014 pic.twitter.com/gfYpJFUeDt — Pamela Curr (@pamelacurr) February 21, 2014

Refugee advocate Ian Rintoul said Mr Berati’s death “highlights the fact that the Minister cannot

guarantee the safety of asylum seekers on Manus Island”.

Mr Rintoul released a statement which he said was from Manus Island detention centre staff.

“Staff from inside the centre want to express their distress and devastation at the loss of Reza Berati. We want to convey our sincere condolences to Reza’s family, and state we are grieving with them. We are sorry that Australia was unable to provide safety for Reza,” the message stated.

The same message described Reza Berati as “kind, gentle and very popular amongst the asylum seekers”; a detainee who “always spoke to staff with care and respect”.

“Staff know that he would never have participated in any riot or protest actions,” the message stated.