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Petition launched to save QLD mum from deportation

A 32-year-old Brisbane mother has launched a petition as she faces deportation following the breakdown of her marriage she claims was so abusive it forced her to live in six different women's refuges.

Despite the fact the Vietnamese-born mother has sole custody of her two-year-old son she will be unable to have him return to Vietnam with her if she is deported.

Le with her two-year-old son in happier times. Source: Facebook.
Le with her two-year-old son in happier times. Source: Facebook.

Her son was born in Australia to an Australian father and is an Australian citizen.

Le claims that her husband has failed to sign documents allowing her to apply for a Vietnamese birth certificate for her son or an Australian passport reports the Sydney Morning Herald.

The couple were married in 2010 and finally separated in 2013 after what Le describes as significant and repeated family violence.

Le and her two-year-old son in happier times. Source: Facebook.
Le and her two-year-old son in happier times. Source: Facebook.

Le’s online appeal to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Peter Dutton, is gaining traction with over 15,000 people signing the petition on Change.org.

The petition acknowledges that the “Australian government has spoken strongly about the need to treat domestic violence seriously and provide better support for women who are subjected to it."


“These words need to be matched with action. No woman should be forced to choose between staying in an abusive relationship and being deported and separated from her child.”

According to the Sydney Morning Herald Ms Le was a professional in Vietnam with a bachelor of business degree when she came to Australia on a student visa in 2008.

She wanted to study international business and get a better job and higher qualifications.

Le now is currently working as a nail technician in Brisbane and she is struggling to survive.

The petition also claims that “This is an inhumane choice to which a young mother is being subjected.”

In a statement made to Yahoo7 Peter Dutton's office said, "Ms Le has an ongoing ministerial request and will not be required to leave Australia before there is an outcome of her request. The Australian Government takes the issue of family violence very seriously. Provisions exist within migration legislation to deal with alleged claims of family violence."

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