Student to be deported to Mauritius without family on Mother’s Day- despite campaign to keep her in the UK

19-year-old student Yashika Bageerathi is to be deported back to her birth county of Mauritius without her family on Mother’s Day despite a 142,000 people campaigning for her to be allowed to stay in the UK.

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by Fiona Day |
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The cases of Yashika’s mother and siblings are being dealt with separately, meaning she is being forced to return to Mauritius without her family.

The family arrived in the UK to escape domestic violence in 2009.

Laywers requested that the High Court allow the teenager to remain in the UK to complete her levels, but the requests were rejected.

Yahsika, who has been offered a place at university depending on her exam results, was initially asked to leave the UK by Tuesday but the high-profile campaign led to last minute reprieve and British Airways turned the teenager away at the gate.

She then found out that her request for asylum had been rejected.

The student’s peers and teachers staged a protest march to the Home Office in London against the decision to deport the Yashika.

The teenager’s flight is due to take of at 5pm on Sunday where she will leave her mother and siblings in the UK, a day when most of us will be celebrating our own mothers.

You can sign the petition to help Yashika at change.org

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