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.
Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper called on Home Office ministers and officials to apply "a bit of common sense" and use their discretion to decide how and when deportations should take place.
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Calling for ministers to stop tonight's planned deportation of 19-year-old Yashika Bageerathi, Ms Cooper said:
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.