A future treaty to that effect will end London's administration of what it currently calls the British Indian Ocean Territory ... Diego Garcia's location outside the cyclone belt is part of ...

Diego Garcia, a remote island in the Indian Ocean, is a paradise of lush vegetation and white-sand beaches, surrounded by crystal blue waters. But this is no tourist destination. It is strictly out of ...

The Chagos Archipelago consists of approximately 58 small, flat islands located in ... the land to the British in 1814. The UK established the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) in 1965 ...

The UK has offered dozens of stranded migrants, held for years in a camp on a secretive UK-US military island in the Indian ...

The Indian Ocean archipelago had been a British island territory for over half a century ... other British Overseas Territories, which are located all over the world. These are the island nations ...

It sparked a long legal dispute, due to the island's unusual status as part of the British Indian Ocean Territory (Biot ... never been a suitable long-term location for migrants and Ministers ...

At the heart of this decision is Diego Garcia, a vital US-UK military base in the Indian Ocean that is indispensable ... Its central location enables long-range air and naval missions ...

Freedom for Chagos islands: by Peter Harris Associate Professor of Political Science, Colorado State University Britain is close to resolving its territorial dispute with Mauritius over the Chagos ...

A Foreign Office spokesperson said ministers had been working to find a solution which protects the welfare of migrants and "the integrity of British ... The Indian Ocean territory, located ...

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In the 1960s and 1970s, the UK forcibly expelled the Chagossians, a move condemned as a crime against humanity, while it retained control of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) following ...