 Last night DCU's Students Union launched a campaign to hold the deportation of DCU's University of Sanctuary student Shepard Makaya. One day I think it was just a week or so before we started school in September. Then I got that and it really hit me hard. I didn't want to lie. It was like a shock of my life. I didn't know what to do. Then I remember when we started school on the 24th, I opened my computer and I was looking at my computer. I couldn't really think straight because since I opened that later with the bad news, it's something which I cannot get off my head. Every time whatever I am doing, it's something which, to be honest, it's depressing. That's the best way to put it. It's really, really depressing. Makaya fled to Ireland from Zimbabwe eight years ago to seek asylum during the political reign of Robert Mugabe, then leader of the Zimbabwe P.F. Party. My situation in Zimbabwe was very, very difficult. It was political. Like where I come from, it's the Zimbabwe P.F. stronghold. Zimbabwe P.F. is the ruling party of Zimbabwe. Following Mugabe's impeachment in 2017, Shepard was refused asylum in Ireland after eight years in direct provision. However, Chute is a new P.F. still holding power in Zimbabwe. He feels his country is still safe to return to. The person that removed him is someone that has been with him from the beginning. He was a second, like, and is someone that has killed a lot of people. He's known for having killed, like, thousands of people, really. And they're still using the same policies. In the last bid to aid Mugabe, the students union launched their S.O.S. Save Our Shepard campaign in the hopes of stopping his deportation. So far, 3,000 people have signed the petition, urging Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan to revoke the deportation. Shepard was issued with a deportation order, and he's been ordered to leave the country by Sunday. D.C.U. students as a whole are calling the movement behind Shepard and getting the ball rolling on something really big. DCUTV News has reached out to Minister for Justice and Equality Charles Flanagan for comment. We are awaiting your response. This has been Eva Horan for DCUTV News.