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Displaced Chagos islanders fear they will never go home after a UK-Mauritius deal
Britain’s government has acknowledged that its removal of islanders was wrong, and has granted many citizenship and set aside some funds to improve their lives. But it continues to bar Chagossians from returning and living in their homeland, citing defense and security concerns and “cost to the British taxpayer.”
The UK has signed a 99-year agreement with Mauritius to retain operational control of the Diego Garcia base, a key UK-US ...
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United Kingdom abandons its colony of the Chagos Islands, but maintains the Diego Garcia airbase, which gives the key to the Indian Ocean to the USAThe islands, named after a Spanish navigator, have a basically symbolic British presence. The United Kingdom hands over the ...
Britain has signed a deal with Mauritius to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands while retaining control of the Diego ...
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