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 ...

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

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.

Chagossians on the last boats in 1973 told Human Rights Watch about the suffering they have endured. Liseby Elyse, pregnant at the time, described sharing a cabin with pigs and horses.

CRAWLEY, England (Reuters) - Chagossians living in Britain said fresh doubts over a deal to hand sovereignty of their islands to Mauritius had given them a "last chance" to demand a rethink, and ...

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 ...

Thousands of people, called Chagossians, used to live there, National Public Radio reported. For over 40 years, the islanders have been fighting to return.

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.

We, as Chagossians, we are not allowed to go to Chagos to pay tribute to our parents buried there, whereas in Cannon Point in Diego Garcia we have a military dog cemetery who are well maintained.