Hillingdon council have urged the Government to 'do the right thing' as they say a continued influx of Chagos Islanders after Britain agreed to hand over the former territory to Mauritius.

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The UK has handed over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, securing a deal to maintain a US base. Mauritius' PM Pravind Jugnauth welcomed the decision, while a campaigner expressed ...

The United Kingdom is set to hand over the Chagos Islands to the small nation of Mauritius after the deal received approval from the White House.

The Diego Garcia atoll - the biggest of the islands, which covers just 10 square miles of dry land - serves as a strategically important base for navy ships and long-range bomber aircraft.

The UK will return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but Diego Garcia will remain under UK-US control. Chagossians, displaced decades ago, feel excluded from the deal.

Fury as Chagos deal cost is equivalent to 12 years of winter fuel payment savings It is the latest backlash against the Labour Government over the deal to hand over the Chagos Islands.

The U.K. had no good reason to cede the Chagos Islands, a militarily strategic archipelago, to Mauritius.

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