An amazing head teacher gave £2,000 of her own money to release one of her “best students” from an immigration centre ahead her looming deportation.
The big-hearted teacher Lynn Dawnes at Oasis Academy Hadley in Enfield, north London dug deep for the bail money and has rallied behind straight-A student Yashika Bageerathi to prevent her deportation to Mauritius.
The 19-year-old student came to the UK in 2012 with her mother and brother to escape alleged attempts at sexual assault from someone in her community back home.
She had since been attending the north London school until she was detained at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre last December.
Ms Bageerathi was bailed after 42 days thanks to the money put up by her head teacher.
However, the student was sent back to Yarl’s Wood last Wednesday when her application was again refused.
A statement from the school said that “to deport Yashika at any stage would cost the UK a valuable member of society.”
While Yashika’s deportation is scheduled for today, the future of the bright student is still uncertain.
