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.

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 ...

India played a “quiet but important role in the background” during the negotiations, firmly backing the Mauritian position ...

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 ...

The UK said that “without” the new agreement signed today, “the long-term, secure operation of the [Diego Garcia] military base would be under threat, with contested sovereignty and legal challenges — ...

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