Lefkosa Business Management School refuses to register Cameroonian student Veronique

After receiving help from a company that promised to pay her school fees, along with the offer of a part time job, Cameroonian student, Kamden Chenteu Veronique, has been denied admission by a Lefkosa Business Management School. 

Until now, the news about Kamden Chenteu Veronique, who was arrested by her employer in Famagusta some time ago because she demanded that her salary be paid, and was facing deportation at the same time because she was living in the island illegally has been a hot and trending topic on websites and social media. 

Following her arrest, Veronique later appeared in court and was ordered to remain in detention while the investigation into her claims that her boss maltreated her was ongoing. 

After the investigation, it was discovered that she was residing in the island illegally and will be deported within two weeks if she failed to registered with a university and pay her school fees.

First she got a boost when a Turkish Cypriot lawyer, Mr. Ramadan Sanivar pledged to defend her in court at no cost. 

Several pleas for financial assistance lead by her lawyer and Olomoinfo Blog to help pay her school fees were made on her behalf and finally help came when the director of a company came to her aid.

And we could all be excused to think that, this was the end of Veroniques's legal problem, but that was not the case.

Efforts were then made by her lawyer to re-enroll her with her former school, a Business Management School in Lefkosa but surprisingly the school denied her admission on the ground that she has a court case. 

We contacted her lawyer, Mr Ramadan Sanivar who told us that, they decided to apply with the same school (she was a student with the school last semester before dropping out due to financial reason) so as to reduce the cost of her school fees.

According to Mr. Ramadan, the police had told the school that it was okay to register her despite her court case but still they refused to accept her. 

Her lawyer revealed to us that they offered to pay the school in cash, but the school refused and told them they were not interested in her case. 

This is not fair especially for an institution of their standing. If she was once a student at the school, then they ought to take it as their responsibility to support and protect her and also find a way to bring her out of detention.

According to recent reports in several Turkish Cypriot dailies, they even went as far to demean her personality which is not fair considering all she has gone through within this period.

What message are they passing to other students, especially intending students, that they too can not be protected and supported when they are in trouble? 

What does it cost the school to take her back, especially when countless lawyers and groups are will to take up her case?