UNHCR has approved a request by the UK to transfer 36 Sri Lankan asylum seekers from Diego Garcia and Rwanda to a transit ...

The recent transfer of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius marks the end of the last African colony of the United Kingdom and ...

In a joint statement with Mauritian PM Pravind Jugnauth, Keir Starmer said that Mauritius will take control of the islands, ...

The policy reversal comes as Britain agrees to hand over control of the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius.

Diego Garcia, a remote island in the Indian Ocean, is strictly out of bounds to most civilians, despite being home to beaches ...

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

Government offers migrants on Diego Garcia - part of the Chagos Islands - move to Romania in long-running asylum claims ...

A legal dispute is playing out after asylum seekers arrived on the secretive island in the Indian Ocean, with UK authorities ...

Strategically located between East Africa and Southeast Asia, Diego Garcia serves as a surveillance centre for the Middle ...

While diplomacy is critical, the UK’s decision to hand over the sovereignty to Mauritius over the Chagos Islands couldn’t ...

This post tells the fascinating story of two recent and remarkable developments in the decolonization of the Chagos ...

The western Indian Ocean’s Chagos Archipelago, with the exception of Diego Garcia, is no longer part of the British Indian ...