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 A level student who won a temporary reprieve against deportation will now be sent back to her native Mauritius along with the rest of her family, it has emerged.
There was a last minute reprieve on Tuesday when the 19-year-old was turned back by British Airways at Gatwick Airport and returned to a detention centre.
However, in a letter to Yashika's family, the Home Office said the family's case had been rejected, the teenager had no grounds for appeal and her mother would be deported alongside her.
Lynne Dawes, the head at Oasis Academy Hadley in Enfield, north London, explained that it may mean there is no longer any argument for Ms Bageerathi to remain in the UK.
The family fled Mauritius in 2012 to escape a relative who had been physically abusing Yashika.
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.