Bermudian Archie O'Brien has until October 2 to leave his adopted homeland of London, England or else he will be deported.

That despite being married to Colleen, 29, a British national and having two children, five-year-old Leah and 11-month-old Sapphira.

Mr. O'Brien, 26, who left Bermuda two years ago, is also in the midst of drumming up funds to help him move to Ghana in West Africa.

And he has enlisted the help of the far-right British National Party which has already expressed support for his wish to relocate.

Mr. O'Brien, a graduate of Robert Crawford School, said he was unable to get any assistance to fulfil his dream of relocating to Africa from any of the Black organisations based in London.

He has also approached Labour MP Bernie Grant who has been lobbying the British Government to fund a voluntary repatriation scheme. The North London MP has received thousands of requests for help so far.

Consequently, he went to the BNP -- an extremist organisation that campaigns for the forcible repatriation of all black people from Britain -- for help and they advised him to write to the Home Secretary.

They even sent him details about the British Government's repatriation scheme.

However, Mr. O'Brien, who is now unemployed, said he is not able to take advantage of this programme because he is Bermudian and Bermuda is still a British Colony.

The repatriation programme only helps those from foreign lands who want to return to their country of origin.

"In the two years that I have been living in London I have taken jobs at various places all through London,'' he explained.

"I've worked in West End at restaurants, the bus service and supermarkets.

Every job available in London I have done.

"I have set up a business plan and it is ready to run but it is not the kind of business that can be set up in London or Bermuda.'' Mr. O'Brien plans to set up a development centre that will build homes and teach people how to live off the land.

"Ghana is the only place that is really open for the children of slaves...I have had more success dealing with the BNP than dealing with my own people.

"I have had better treatment from them than from organisations that say they are for black people.

"The BNP are supposed to be racist yet they have done so much to help my cause. They have shown me the way to travel.'' Mr. O'Brien said that much of his current problems have come about because there is no one in London to act as an advocate on his part.

"I'm a Bermudian and I am supposed to be also British but I am having trouble finding out who I really am. The Government has told me that I am not a British citizen and I have been told that I have until the end of this month before I have to leave.

"My passport says that I am a British citizen but I am not. My marriage doesn't cut anything.

"Now I have found out who I am. I am not British and I am not a Bermudian so I might as well be African. As a black man with black skin I belong in Africa where no one can label me to say what I am and what I am not.'' Ultimately, if he is successful, Mr. O'Brien said that he wanted to come to Bermuda first so that his family could see his children and then depart for Ghana sometime after that.

Mr. O'Brien's story was carried in an issue of the Guardian newspaper last Saturday.