Chagos is one of the world’s longest-running unresolved issues of decolonization, whose return to Mauritius has been ...

The brutal truth is that the displacement of the Chagossians, the abduction of their homes, their lands, and their futures, was merely a strategic calculation by the British government, sanctioned and ...

The UK has given up a top secret island to Mauritius after years of arguments and negotiations. The Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean has been strictly out of bounds since 1973 when the UK and US ...

But after being given full UK citizenship, many Chagossians settled in the town of Crawley, with an initial 19 landing at Gatwick airport in 2002 and the population steadily growing. This has fostered ...

Between 1967 and 1973, the British Government forcibly moved more than 1,500 Chagossians from the islands to the UK to allow for the construction of the Diego Garcia air base. Under the draft ...

“We hope to rally Falkland Islanders in solidarity with the exiled Chagossians in their right to self-determination”. CEO Philip Smith said: “This visit is an important milestone for Friends ...

Elderly Chagossians, living in Mauritius, have echoed that criticism and accused Britain of deliberately dragging its heels on the issue in the hope that the community will simply die out.

And, speaking at an engagement event in Westminster where they met MPs, Chagossians themselves likewise voted their unhappiness at the proposal, emphasising that the remote archipelago has never ...

“[Chagossians] have endured 50 years of exile of suffering… but both the British and the Mauritian government are after their own interests,” he told a meeting of indigenous Chagossians to ...

Doctors push back as parents resist vaccines in Texas measles outbreak Dr. Ana Montanez is working overtime in Lubbock to contact vaccine-hesitant parents, explaining the grave risks posed by a ...

The comments made by Mr Lamb – whose constituency is home to the largest community of Chagossians in the UK – highlight the fractious state of relations over the deal, the future of which is ...

The UK’s decision has already been widely criticised by MPs, campaigners, and former officials who argue it represents a betrayal of the Chagossians. The agreement includes a financial ...