They lost their dad to bowel cancer. Now they have to leave the country they call home. A Sri Lankan family living legally in regional New South Wales is facing deportation because their primary visa holder has died. But the community they work and pray with do not want them to leave, saying they 'bring so much. After her husband died, Florence Udawatta and her children were given a month to appeal or leave the countryThey volunteer in the community and eldest son Ruvish is vice captain of his schoolThe Immigration Department denied them protection visas, arguing they're unlikely to be persecuted in Sri Lanka.