Chagos Islands
Some moved to the Seychelles and to Britain where many. Most of the population of the Chagos Islands was dumped unceremoniously and without compensation in Mauritius 1000 miles to the south.
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. Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said that the research vessel Bleu de Nimes had set sail from the Seychelles for its historic visit yesterday. The British Indian Ocean Territory BIOT or British Chagos Islands BCI is a British Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean halfway between Tanzania and IndonesiaThe territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1000 individual islands many very small amounting to a total land area of 60 square kilometres. A delegation from Mauritius is setting sail to the Chagos Islands to press the countrys claim for the Indian Ocean archipelago which is also claimed by Britain and is home to a US military base.
It is half a century since Britain took control of the Chagos Islands from its then colony Mauritius and evicted the population of more than 1000 people in order to make way for a US military base. MAURITIUS has sent a ship to the Chagos Islands to press its claim to the Indian Ocean archipelago which remains under British occupation despite numerous international rulings. Got a TV Licence.
Families were torn apart. F ifty years ago the entire Creole population of the Chagos Islands were forcibly removed from their homes by British forces in order to make way for a US military base. It is the first time Mauritius has embarked.
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