Chagossians were forced to leave the central Indian Ocean territory by 1973 to make way for the military base. The expulsions ...
The UK Government’s agreement on the future of the Chagos Islands has run into trouble following elections in Mauritius and ...
It had been part of Mauritius which itself was a British colony. From the 1960s to the early 1970s around 1,500 Chagossians were forcefully evicted from their islands. By 1973 the forced removal ...
There are about 10,000 Chagossians scattered over the world, many of them in Crawley in Sussex. In my experience, they mainly want to be sure that their relatives also have the right to immigrate ...
The displaced Chagossians fought unsuccessfully in U.K. courts for years for the right to go home. Under the deal, they and their descendants could be allowed to return to the islands, apart from ...
The move also reignites one of the most shameful episodes in recent geopolitical history, that of the forced deportation of up to 2,000 Chagossians from their native land to make way for the ...
The treaty will address wrongs of the past and demonstrate the commitment of both parties to support the welfare of Chagossians. Mauritius will now be free to implement a program of resettlement ...
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