Mr Tuckwell said many of the Chagossian arrivals have children, and the council had a legal responsibility to find temporary ...

The Chagossians were expelled from the islands between 1965 and 1973 to make way for the Diego Garcia base and have not been allowed to return.But Mr Sands told peers the “quid pro quo” for ...

In total, the authority said it has cost more than a staggering £508,000 between July 2024 and March 2025. Due to more ...

A UN panel has urged the UK to renegotiate a deal handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, saying it "fails to guarantee" the rights of the Chagossian people.

"The Chagossians must be able to live once again on their islands." Negotiations between Mauritius and the UK have also included discussions around financial reparations (see our earlier post).

Chagossians, backed by allies in Mauritius and beyond, are continuing their struggle for the right to return to Diego Garcia, for the reconstruction of Chagossian society in Chagos, and for full ...

Sir Keir Starmer defends the UK's £3.4bn Chagos islands deal after Kemi Badenoch says it is bad value for money.

Chagossians in the Seychelles, however, received nothing. Still, their desire to return to the land of their ancestors remained, and hope was rekindled when the ...

Some Mauritian Chagossians, such as the activist Olivier Bancoult, came out in favour of the deal. But the 3,500 in Crawley are, according to their MP Peter Lamb, near-universally opposed.

Campaigners launch judicial review to stop Government from signing away islands without consulting Chagossians ...

By 1973, all Indigenous Chagossians were forced to leave. Thousands of islanders and their descendants are now spread around the world, most living in Mauritius, the U.K. and Seychelles.