00:00Deep Shambharkar's big dream seems to be shattered.
00:03Instead of graduating, he's facing deportation.
00:06The 25-year-old came to Berlin from India as a master's student.
00:10He has been studying business management at the private international university for over a year.
00:15But then he received a letter asking him to leave the country.
00:19I was really surprised to have it because in my case I didn't do anything wrong.
00:24I came here as a student. I came here to study. I came here for a better future.
00:30Studying, meeting friends, all that will soon be a thing of the past.
00:35The responsible authority suddenly no longer recognizes the IU sufficiently.
00:40His visa and those of around 300 other Indian students will not be extended, Deep tells us.
00:46Basically this thing started this year from the month of March.
00:51They started deporting students because they consider the course that IU offers is a distance learning course.
00:59I think this was because the university didn't launch or offer their courses or didn't have the proper accreditation of the courses which they were supposed to have.
01:11The argument, IU is not sufficiently equipped for face-to-face teaching.
01:16Nevertheless, until recently, IU attracted students with videos abroad.
01:21It advertises a typical German student life and the prospect of jobs in Europe.
01:26Instead, Deep is now stuck with a student loan of 20,000 euros that he contracted in India.
01:33IU would not refund the money despite the fact that Deep's past exams seem to be worthless as other universities would not recognize them.
01:43Deep tells Zero News.
01:45I'm kind of surprised and sad about it but unfortunately things don't work out how I wanted it.
01:54And it's kind of tough to face all the situation mentally and physically.
01:59There are a lot of private universities here in Berlin and I use the only one that is having problems with the visa right now.
02:06And the students are suffering a lot because of it.
02:10Deep has lodged an appeal against his deportation but he has little hope.
02:15IU said it regretted that students were asked to leave the country.
02:19The responsible authority had changed its procedure without informing the university.
02:25During my research, I spoke with other IU students.
02:29For example, with one student who is in India and has been in the first year already online.
02:33He should actually go to Berlin, but he doesn't have a visa.
02:38Another student here in Berlin will be told that they will be taken away from Suizid-Gedanzen,
02:41because they will be taken away from them.
02:42Laura Fleischmann, Berlin, for Euronews.
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