Forcibly removed from the Chagos Archipelago more than 40 years ago, Chagos islanders protest outside the High Court in ...

Mauritius is ‘likely’ to resume its campaign to secure a judgment on sovereignty against Britain unless the agreement is ...

June 25, 2025 at 4:40pm BST. The Chagos Islands deal is “not perfect” but must be ratified to avoid legal challenges that could threaten UK control of a vital military airbase, peers have said.

Chagos Islands deal must be ratified to secure Diego Garcia, ... which found that the Chagos Archipelago had been unlawfully detached from Mauritius at the time of its independence in the ...

The deal signed last month after long-running negotiations returns sovereignty of the archipelago to Mauritius, but will see Britain lease back the military site on Diego Garcia, the largest of ...

Chagos Islands deal must be ratified to secure Diego Garcia, peers say ... which found that the Chagos Archipelago had been unlawfully detached from Mauritius at the time of its ...

Under the new deal, UK will handover Chagos’ sovereignty to Mauritius and lease the use of Diego Garcia for 99 years at an average cost of £101 million per year.

Home; Politics; the explainer What is the Chagos Island deal? UK agreement to cede archipelago to Mauritius in exchange for leasing Diego Garcia base criticised by UN panel, Tories and Chagossians ...