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Free Movement : Yashika Bageerathi and the Family Returns Process

http://www.freemovement.org.uk/yashika-bageerathi-and-the-family-returns-process/

'The story of Yashika Bageerathi has touched many. A bright student brought to the UK by her mother with her siblings to escape domestic violence at home in Mauritius, she has a promising future here if allowed to remain. Because she has turned 18 and is no longer a child, though, the Home Office has apparently separated her case from that of her mother and siblings and is trying to enforce her return independently.

'I’m seeing some pretty odd reports on Twitter, though, so thought a bit of legal background might be useful. Basically, I can’t see how an airline can refuse to take someone who would be leaving voluntarily, albeit under huge pressure from the immigration authorities...'

Meanwhile...

https://twitter.com/chunkymark :
'A woman passed away on mother's day.Died from a heart attack in Yarlswood Detention Centre.. Where healthcare is paracetamol for everything'

https://twitter.com/Heather_Jones5 :
'Working with detained asylum seekers shocked by system that treats women as though they don't matter in country that should know better.' 

https://twitter.com/DannyShawBBC :
'Mauritius News claims Yarl's Wood woman died of heart attack after complaining of feeling unwell for several days. Reports unconfirmed.'

https://twitter.com/fatimamanji :
'Now campaigner @CCriadoPerez says #Yashika 's case comes in a climate of disbelief of asylum seekers #c4news'

'#Yashika says all sad at death of another detainee at Yarlswood today. Another detainee told me all the women there are v emotional #c4news

https://twitter.com/ncadc :
'Home office confirms report- woman died in #YarlsWood today. Time to end detention of these women https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/theresa-may-british-home-secretary-end-the-detention-of-women-who-seek-asylum  '

'Emma Mlotshwa, co-ordinator of the charity Medical Justice, which works to protect the health of immigration detainees, said: "We are shocked but not surprised to hear of this tragic death. Any death in immigration detention is avoidable as immigration detention is optional.' :http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/30/yarls-wood-immigration-centre-detainee-dies?CMP=twt_fd




Interview with a Yarls Wood child detainee, parts 1 and 2 :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap4PLSNE-3E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iksACtFqLhM