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Lawyers and campaigners hail removal of 47 people from remote Indian Ocean island as ‘a big day for justice’

The deal to cede sovereignty over the archipelago to the Mauritian government secures the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia.

National security adviser will travel to Washington in attempt to persuade US president-elect not to rip up deal

Exclusive: Government accused of holding back information on cost to the taxpayer of maintaining UK-US Diego Garcia airbase

The UK Government announced its decision to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius last month.

Mauritius and the United Kingdom released a joint statement on 3 October 2024 announcing the UK’s agreement to transfer the Chagos archipelago, including the island of Diego Garcia, back to Mauritius. While the agreement recognises the sovereignty of Mauritius over the entire archipelago, it also permits the UK to exercise…

In March this year, some of the migrants brought legal action against the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Government drops opposition to case of 64 people, including 16 children, who fled persecution in Sri Lanka

Letter: A new agreement that any new migrants arriving at the Chagos Islands will be transferred to St Helena doesn’t cover this group, who have been there since 2021, writes Vince Thompson

The United Kingdom's recent decision to hand back the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a former British colony, was a breakthrough, says Mauritian former foreign minister Jean-Claude de l'Estrac. But it isn't an unmitigated victory, he tells RFI, because the UK has been granted a long-term lease to maintain a military…

The UK has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the largely uninhabited Chagos archipelago to Mauritius. The islands have been known as the British Indian Ocean Territory since being administratively detached in 1965 from what was then the colony of Mauritius. Except for the US military base on Diego Garcia at…