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.
19-year-old Yashika Bageerathi spoke to her mother and her headteacher just as she was getting on to the plane due to deport her to Mauritius.
A last minute injunction to stall the deportation that would have enabled the A-level student to complete her exams failed this evening.
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The teenager asked her mother who was going to meet her in Mauritius, and what she should do when she gets off the plane.
Her school and family had urged Air Mauritius to refuse to fly her back to the country where they say she faces danger.
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.