Deported English test scandal victims still fighting for justice

When the UK government began to restrict which institutions could offer accredited accounting courses as part of an immigration crackdown in 2011, Iqbar Bahar, a Bangladeshi national, found himself urgently looking for a new college. 

In order to gain admission to his chosen institution, Bahar, now 44, took the Test of English for International Communication, a standardised English test facilitated by US company Educational Testing Service. 

Years later, on October 30 2014, Bahar received a life-changing letter from the Home Office. The government department accused him of cheating on the test and revoked his visa.