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A high-profile campaign in Britain to keep a 19-year-old star student from being deported to Mauritius has inspired a Mauritian family to take her in, supporters claimed yesterday.
Yashika Bageerathi was deported on Wednesday night despite thousands rallying for her stay.
Ms Bageerathi, who has been kept in Yarl’s Wood detention centre since last month, boarded an Air Mauritius plane at 9pm on Wednesday night and flown back to Mauritius where a family member is said to be threatening her life.
Beatrice Pompe and Bernadette Dugasse have submitted a UN complaint against Labour’s deal with Mauritius, highlighting how exclusion from ancestral lands is denying their right of return and justice for historical abuses, reports ELIZABETH MISTRY
While David Lammy makes hollow criticisms, RAF Akrotiri conducts five-hour surveillance flights sending targeting data to Israel, reports ALFIE HOWIS