The military base at Diego Garcia, the so-called "Footprint of Freedom," is a seventeen-square mile atoll of the Chagos ...

At one point, five of the migrants were sent to Rwanda for medical treatment - two were later returned to Diego Garcia In a letter sent to one of them in May, and seen by the BBC, the BIOT ...

With British PM Keir Starmer seeking ‘strong protections’ for the US-British base on Diego Garcia, the Chagos Archipelago is ...

British navy ships rescued dozens and brought them to Diego Garcia, the largest of the disputed Chagos Islands in the British Indian Ocean Territory (Biot) – long claimed by Mauritius – and ...

Diego Garcia is part of the Chagos Islands, or British Indian Ocean Territory (Biot), an area described as being "constitutionally distinct" from the UK. It is administered from London by a ...

It sees Mauritius assume sovereignty over BIOT, with the UK authorized to exercise the sovereign rights of Mauritius on Diego Garcia. Foreign Secretary David Lammy said: “This government ...

British Indian Ocean Territory (Biot) is the islands' official name. UNHCR representatives visited Diego Garcia towards the end of 2023 in a trip facilitated by UK authorities. It was the first ...

Paul Surgen from Thoothoor, and were detained near the Diego Garcia island in the BIOT on charges of poaching. As the news of the detention spread in the fishers’ colony, the family of the ...