A tiny ocean island is home to a restricted US-UK military base.
WEBOct 4, 2024 · The UK will cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but indigenous people from a tiny island that houses a US military base shrouded in secrecy will not be allowed to return.
Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute - Wikipedia
WEBOn 28 January 2021, the United Nation's International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ruled, in a dispute between Mauritius and Maldives on their maritime boundary, that the United Kingdom has no sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago, and that Mauritius is …
The Chagos agreement explained
WEB21 hours ago · The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), as the archipelago is known, only amounts to 23 square miles. But the base there has helped safeguard the UK's security for 60 years.
Will the Expelled People of Chagos Finally Find Justice?
WEBOct 24, 2023 · A new book from Philippe Sands, <em>The Last Colony</em>, tells the story of the Chagossians, an island people who were expelled from their homes by the British and Americans.
The Chagossians want their home back - New Statesman
WEBJan 6, 2024 · A year before, Dugasse began legal action against the British government for excluding her and her people from the negotiations over handing sovereignty of the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius. Chagos is one of Britain’s last colonies; it is also her home.
The UK must focus on how the Chagos decision is implemented …
WEB2 days ago · The UK announced on 3 October that it would cede sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius. There are potential strategic and reputation-related upsides for the UK from the decision – but these can only be realized if the deal is implemented in ways that meet the UK’s stated goals.
How the US and UK worked together to recolonise the Chagos …
WEBFeb 24, 2022 · In 1965, in what became known as the Lancaster House Agreement, Mauritius was granted independence on the condition that it relinquish the Chagos Islands to Britain. The following year, the US...
UK, US Expelled Islanders 50 Years Ago, a Crime Against Humanity
WEBFeb 15, 2023 · (London) – The forced displacement of the entire Chagossian people by the United Kingdom and United States governments and the UK’s racial persecution, and continued blocking of their return home,...
Why is the UK handing the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius?
WEBOct 4, 2024 · The archipelago is otherwise empty, with no inhabitants. The UK leased Diego Garcia to the US in 1966 for 50 years.
Chagos refugees continue the decades-long fight for justice
WEBSep 29, 2023 · Thousands of Indigenous people who live there on the Chagos Islands were forced from their homeland 50 years ago to make way for that base. Ever since, they've been fighting for the right to...