Britain split the islands away from Mauritius, a former British colony, in 1965, three years before Mauritius gained independence, and called the Chagos archipelago the British Indian Ocean Territory.

The migrants, who had been rescued after getting into trouble in the waters off the Chagos Archipelago, became the first people to ever file asylum claims with London from Diego Garcia ...

Speaking in the Commons this week, Foreign Office Minister Stephen Doughty said: “Both sides remain committed to concluding a deal on the future of the Chagos archipelago, which protects the ...

He defended the deal, calling it "extremely important for our security". The Chagos Archipelago was separated from Mauritius in 1965, when Mauritius was still a British colony. Britain purchased ...

Donald Trump has cleared the UK's plan to 'surrender' the Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... Starmer's plan to hand over the strategically important archipelago - and £9billion - that the US ...

Approval from the White House was necessary to broker the deal due to U.S. military cooperation with the U.K. at the joint Diego Garcia base on the archipelago’s largest island. The Chagos ...

Britain split the islands away from Mauritius, a former British colony, in 1965, three years before Mauritius gained independence, and called the Chagos archipelago the British Indian Ocean Territory.

Mauritius has long contested Britain’s claim to the archipelago and in recent years the United Nations and its top court have urged Britain to return the Chagos to Mauritius. Britain agreed to ...