Byron Bay local girl, Eden Sutton, has launched an appeal to help her fiancee Brian English remain in Australia, his home for the past 28 years.
Brian is also step-father to Majenta Sutton. Eden explains that the Immigration Department has placed Brian in a Melbourne detention centre pending his deportation to Papua New Guinea.
Her GoFundMe campaign is to help raise funds for Brian’s legal expenses:
We, Eden and Majenta Sutton (Brian’s fiancé and his stepdaughter), have set up this campaign “bring Brian home” to help with travel expenses and the costs of hiring an immigration lawyer to fight for and support Brian and his family through this devastating time.
Brian George English is a devoted loving farther of two biological children and 2 stepchildren, Brian has called Australia home for the past 28 years, Brian has recently been sent to a detention centre in Melbourne,Australia, pending deportation back to Papua New Guinea (P.N.G).
If Brian was to be deported he not only would be dearly miss by his friends and family but it could possibly be fatal due to the fact he has sustained a major brain injury causing him to be placed into a medically induced coma for 9 days and remain in hospital for another 3 months.
Whilst in hospital Brian also had a stroke which caused the whole left side of his body become Paralysed. Due to memory loss he also had to learn how to talk and walk again, this took him a month.
Brian had no skull plate for 9 months until he received vital neurological brain surgery. He is currently receiving a crucial treatment for seizures caused by his brain injury, if sent back to P.N.G he would not receive it due to cost and the appalling health system they have in place back in P.N.G.
If he was to be deported and revived a knock to the head he wouldn’t receive the correct medical attention he needs to survive and that would cause death of a beloved friend,farther,uncle,son,brother and partner.
Due to the lack of communication with his loved ones Brian’s current psychological state (mental health) is rapidly declining and he is quickly falling into the state of depression.
At this present time it is virtually impossible for any of his friends or family to visit him in Melbourne due to financial hardship. he also dose not speak any of the native languages of P.N.G making it extremely difficult to communicate his basic needs needs and wants.
Any contributions, no matter how small, would be greatly appreciated by Brian, his family and friends. So thank you in advance for your generosity it’s means more than anything to us all to keep our beloved Brian in the land that he calls home.
Have a safe and blessed holiday.