An Australian man who went missing 16 years ago has been found alive in a homeless shelter in Milton Keynes in the UK.

Family and friends of Jason Ronald Douglas, 36, are now making arrangements to bring him home to Brisbane after raising funds online.

His sister, Lisa Andrews, had started a gofundme page to raise $2,5000, which they believed would be enough to get Mr Douglas home.

View photos A missing person's poster the family had been circulating as they tried to find Mr Douglas. More

She said: “Jason has been missing for 16 very frustratingly long years. Jason is a australian born aboriginal. He is currently living in the uk in a homeless shelter. He has been homeless for a very long time.

“This is why it has taken so long to find him. He thought we all gave up on him. He thought no one cared.”

She said in order to bring him back to Australia, he needed a birth certificate, passport and flights, as well as support to keep him off the streets until he could be brought home.

View photos Mr Douglas as a child with family members, including his sister Sally who set up a Facebook page to find him. Photo: Facebook More

Mr Douglas had not been in touch with his family for 16 years and disappeared age 21 whilst living in Milton Keynes.

A Facebook page called Help Us Find Jason Ronald Douglas has been operating since 2012 and has charted the family’s efforts to find him in that time.

In recent days, their search began bearing fruit when they discovered Jason had been arrested in 2014 in the West Midlands area, and again in 2016, which the family described as “the best lead we have had so far”.

View photos Jason pictured before his family lost contact with him. Photo: Facebook More

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