Friends of Mano Yogalingam told the ABC he had arrived in Australia from Sri Lanka in 2013 and had been on a bridging visa for roughly 11 years.

A Victoria Police spokesperson said emergency services were called to a skate park in Noble Park on Tuesday night.

A man with life-threatening injuries was taken to hospital, where he died on Wednesday, they said.

The Tamil Refugee Council said it believed the time Mr Yogalingham had spent on a bridging visa had been a contributing factor to his death.

A council spokesperson told the ABC Mr Yogalingham's claim for refugee status was previously rejected under the controversial fast track system introduced in 2024, an outcome he had been seeking to appeal, ABC reported.

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has been contacted for comment and his department has been asked about the status of Mr Yogalingham's visa application.

In a brief statement, a Home Affairs spokesperson said the department's condolences were with family members and other people affected "at this difficult time".

"For privacy reasons, the department cannot comment on individual cases," they said.

The Tamil community is a minority group in Sri Lanka and its members are largely Hindu or Christian.