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The entire family of a 19-year-old star pupil threatened with deportation may be sent back to Mauritius with her

The entire family of a 19-year-old star pupil threatened with deportation may be sent back to Mauritius with her, lawyers revealed yesterday.

Yashika Bageerathi was due to be deported to Mauritius on Tuesday but appeared to have won a reprieve after British Airways turned her away from the flight that was supposed to have taken her back.

However the whole family will now have to return after her mother Sowbhagyawatee's own appeal was rejected yesterday.

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