Yashika Bageerathi, student deported to Mauritius despite protests, aces A-levels

Sources : Huffington Post, BBC

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/09/04/yashika-bageerathi-student-deported-mauritius-a-levels_n_5764290.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-students&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067

According to the BBC, Yashika said :
 "The last six months of my life have been more turbulent and surreal than I ever expected.
"In this episode I believe I have seen the best and worst that humanity has to offer."

 'Where there is compassion, it is for a minister exposed over expenses, rather than a 'good' applicant for asylum' : http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/04/yashika-bageerathi-compassionate-conservatism-minister-expenses

Other posts on Yashika Bageerathi : http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/yashika%20bageerathi

 Don't forget!

#FightForYashika Stop this sixth form student being deported alone. She deserves a future!

http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/the-rt-hon-theresa-may-mp-home-secretary-fightforyashika-stop-this-sixth-form-student-being-deported-alone-she-deserves-a-future

'Yashika arrived in the UK along with her mother and brother in 2012 to escape abuse and danger.  In that time, Yashika has proved herself a model student of Oasis Academy Hadley and valuable member of the Enfield community.  Simply because she is now over 18 she is to be torn apart from her family in the UK and deported to Mauritius without even having the chance to complete her A-levels.

'Yashika Bageerathi is being held at Yarl’s Wood detention centre

'She has been told she will be imminently deported alone to a country where she has neither friends nor family.

'This is against Article 8 of the Human Rights Act (respect for private and family life)

'Students deserve to complete their education and be rewarded for their hard work.

'Please show your support for Yashika and call on the Home Office to return to her studies.'

From the petition's comments :

I teach at Oasis Academy Hadley. I don't teach Yashika, but I do know her - everyone does. Our school is more than just a place where people sit exams. We are a community. Teachers are proud to teach here and students care deeply about each other. Whatever you think about immigration (and I think it's a good thing!) everybody knows that interrupting a student's education to send them to another country against their wishes is irresponsible and unfair. Our campaign celebrates Yashika's rightful place in our community and in this country. She has a right to be here. We have a duty to defend her and the actions of our students in taking positive actions to support Yashika is inspiring! 

Via UK Immigration Forum :
https://www.facebook.com/groups/200512816798635/

Twitter : https://twitter.com/search?q=%23FightForYashika&src=hash&f=realtime

Ravi

“As a self-employed person, the rules are even more onerous…and time apart from my wife even longer.”

Ravi is a British citizen. He married his wife in early 2013, in Mauritius. Like many Brits, Ravi as it turns out, somewhat naively assumed that being a British citizen himself, having his wife with him would be a mere formality.

For Ravi, the financial requirement of £18,600 is the stumbling block. He is self-employed and his financial records for the 2012-13 tax year in their current form are unlikely to satisfy UKBA.

Allowing for solicitor and application fees in the thousands of pounds, he is of the opinion applying is not a risk worth taking, given the higher than average likelihood of refusal for those who are selfemployed.

Ravi is aware he could wait until after submitting the 2013-14 tax year accounts, making sure these would meet with UKBA approval, but that means waiting till April 2014 before he can even apply, plus the UKBA processing time which by all accounts just seems to get longer, and longer.

He is considering taking on a salaried/wage paying job paying in excess of the minimum requirement,collating 6 months of payslips and applying then. However, allowing for the time to find a job and then again the application time as well, it’s also a long time to be apart from his wife.

So he has several routes open to him. One route he is considering is Surinder Singh. He has a birthday later in the year and hopes he can have his wife with him then so this resort of self-exile is the most appealing to minimise time apart, inconvenience and cost. A route to self-exile is the only route the government has not been able to close.