Student Deportation Blocked By Airline

By Joe Tidy, Sky News Reporter

A 19-year-old student threatened with being deported to her native Mauritius has gained a last-minute reprieve after an airline refused to take her.

The deportation team had taken Yashika Bageerathi to Gatwick Airport to be put on a plane when she was returned to a detention centre.

It appears at present to be a temporary reprieve after British Airways declined to accept her on the flight according to her local MP David Burrowes, who represents Enfield, Southgate.

He has made representations to the Home Office to delay her deportation, and he said these had to be considered before she could be removed.

Yashika is being taken from Yarl's Wood Detention Centre

He added: "The Home Office will now consider all the options: whether she should be removed, all the circumstances and whether to consider her as part of her family rather than cutting her off from her family."

He described the decision to remove the student alone as "unfair and disproportionate" and said she should be able to continue her studies.

Despite the uncertainty, Mr Burrowes said it was "very welcome news and the right decision" not to send her back.

Miss Bageerathi came to the UK from Mauritius in 2011 on a tourist visa to escape domestic violence.

Since applying for asylum, her application has been treated separately from her mother, brother and sister as she is considered an adult, and has been rejected.

A security team arrived at Yarl's Wood Detention Centre this morning and told her she would be put on a flight at 2pm.

The family's other applications are still being considered.

On Sunday, a protest march was held to the Home Office by dozens of school friends, teachers and neighbours.

An online petition by the students calling on Immigration Minister James Brokenshire and Home Secretary Theresa May to stop the deportation and allow the student to complete her A-levels collected nearly 23,000 signatures.

Model Cara Delevingne also made a plea on Twitter to Mrs May not to send the aspiring maths teacher back.

And on Monday, barristers took an injunction to the High Court asking for her to be allowed to at least finish her A Levels and be with her family, but the case was rejected.

Yashika's school principal Lynne Dawes said there was relief she had not been deported.

Her mother Sowbhagyawatee Bageerathi said: "I am happy they decided to send her back to me."

Before the removal was halted Ms Dawes said she was terrified for the student, telling Sky News: "I have spoken to her this morning from the detention centre and she is scared.

"We are not being allowed to see her and are all very worried for her as she is completely on her own.

"We've written to Home Secretary and not heard anything back.

"We just want to halt this removal until Yashika can do her A-Levels and we want her to be kept with her family wherever that is."

A Home Office spokesman said: "The UK has a proud history of granting asylum to those who need it and we consider every application on its individual merits.

"We do not routinely comment on individual cases."

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