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‘Came here with hope’ and ‘died unseen’: tearful crowd says goodbye to homeless man Bikram Lama

A tearful crowd gathered at Sydney’s Hyde Park for a vigil honoring 32-year-old Bikram Lama, a Nepalese non-resident who died homeless and remained undiscovered for up to a week. Support workers, community members, and independent state MP Alex Greenwich used the event to highlight systemic policy failures that leave non-resident homeless people without adequate support, calling for an inquest into Lama’s death and urgent action to address homelessness in Australia.