Britain’s imperfect deal over the Chagos Islands
The resulting agreement, however, was imperfect. Mauritius is almost 1,400 miles from the Chagos and has no real links beyond the fact that both territories were transferred from France to Britain in 1814. Though Chagossians will gain the right of return, they were not involved in the negotiations and some wanted self-rule.
For a tiny group of atolls comprising just over 20 square miles of land in the Indian Ocean, the Chagos Islands have a long ...
Labour’s deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands has been thrown into doubt after Sir Keir Starmer admitted an ...
Representatives from the Republic of Mauritius and the United Kingdom held further productive discussions in London this week ...
Islanders questioned whether the PM was prioritising victory for his ‘great friend’ Philippe Sands by rushing through pact ...
A former U.S. Ambassador to NATO, and a senior figure in the previous Trump administration, told the UK Defence Journal "I ...
The UK and Mauritius said they’ve made ‘good progress’ in a round of talks to settle the sovereignty of the Chagos ...
The UK plans to hand over the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius then lease back the strategically important ...
Note: This is part three of a three-part series on the proposed handover of the Chagos Archipelago from the UK to Mauritius. ...
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