An A-level student deported back to Mauritius last night has told ITV News she is alone in the country that her family fled in 2011. Yashika Bageerathi was flown back despite pleading with ministers to let her stay until after her exams.
A top student facing deportation has told Daybreak she is "really frightened" she will be forced to return to Mauritius, and fears her life will be in danger if she is forced to leave the UK.
Speaking from Yarl's Wood detention centre, Yashika Bageerathi, said Mauritius was "no longer the paradise island that it used to be".
Speaking to ITV News Yashika Bageerathi said she was all alone and did not know what she was going to do without her family and friends.
Speaking to her mother as she boarded she said she was scared about landing in the country she fled in 2011.
Speaking to ITV News Yashika Bageerathi appealed directly to the Immigration Minister and the Home Secretary to remain in the UK.