I'm like a scapegoat now, living in an open prison.
I can't go to my home to see my parents.
And even here, I can't do anything, like no job,
I can't involve myself in any business or anything.
So life is terrible.
I came in this country in 2009 as student.
All of a sudden, I had a letter from Home Office.
I was stunned to see the letter that
said that I used a middleman to speak English on behalf of me.
I was shocked.
I never, ever needed a middleman to speak English
on behalf of me, because I've been
to university in Bangladesh, my own country, and then here.
In every place, I was a really educated from class one,
from very primary level to my university.
And everything was in English medium.
I had done IELTS with 8.5 speaking bands,
which is almost flawless.
I have done PTE, and I like diversity,
and I thought I'll do TOEIC as well.
I did TOEIC.
On the first attempt I did not score good marks.
I was disappointed by myself.
I sat it again.
The second time I scored a flawless 200 out
of 200 points on the speaking part.
The test was fine.
It just like a normal test.
It was all computer based, relatively very easy
compared to IELTS and PTE.
The questions were relatively easier.
And then you have these this TOEIC issue then
started up that there are some fraud factories, et cetera,
et cetera.
I started looking into them, but I wasn't
expecting this to hit me.
The individuals who have been caught up in this
have included, without question in my view, innocent victims.
And I have actually seen on occasions the evidence
that has given rise to this allegation.
And it's identified the wrong college
at which they're supposed to have undertaken the test.
It's identified the wrong nationality of the person who's
been accused.
And this is the very evidence that has led to their leave
being cancelled, being thrown off courses,
being prevented from working, and having their reputations
ruined.
There was correspondence in my law firm and the Home Office.
But they're so hostile, they're so cynical.
And I think they're poisoned by the former Home Secretary.
Very unfriendly environment in Home Office
regarding foreign students in this country.
UK was all very well known and it
has a long history of welcoming international students
in this country.
But the current situation is so bad
that I can't invite my friend to say come
in UK for higher education.
I can't say this anymore.
I feel like once I clear my name,
I'll fly back to my country.
I've made numerous efforts through my solicitors.
Greg, who has been representing me,
my solicitor Liam, we have been constantly asking for evidence.
But none of the evidence has been provided up
until the latest stage, after three years
at the Court of Appeal, where we were represented.
But that, frankly speaking, doesn't show anything.
It's just graphs, and charts, and stuff like that.
It doesn't prove that anybody has committed any fraud.
I have now got an appeal date from the first year tribunal.
And I'm now preparing myself to present to a first year
tribunal judge where I will present my case
and prove my innocence.
I think there's a growing hope now,
maybe with this change that's supposed
to be happening within the Home Office,
that situations like this will be reviewed
and that simply individuals will be given an opportunity
to be able to respond and answer the charges that
are being made against them.
And there is, I think, a hope that that might be now
something that might be on the horizon.
But I'm still saying in this country
just to cross my name out from this outrageous allegation.
Once I'm done, I'm done with UK.