Britain’s government has acknowledged that its removal of islanders was wrong, and has granted many citizenship and set aside some funds to improve their lives. But it continues to bar Chagossians ...

That said, the decision to pay Mauritius to take over the Chagos Islands has me stumped. There must be good reasons for doing this deal, but nobody has been able to explain what they are.

The $64,000 question, did the 2019 UN ICJ Chagos Opinion give any support to Argentina’s Falklands claim or benefit the Falkland Islanders? Much the same re Gibraltar.

Dugasse was born on the Chagos Islands, which had been under the ... service members and Filipino staffers. She visited the church where her parents were married and where she was baptized ...

Mauritius gained independence in 1968, but the Chagos remained under British control ... She visited the church where her parents were married and where she was baptized, but found her village ...

Bernadette Dugasse was just a toddler when her family was forced to leave her birthplace, the Chagos Islands. She didn’t get ...

Dugasse was born on the Chagos Islands, which had been under the ... service members and Filipino staffers. She visited the church where her parents were married and where she was baptized ...

Mauritius gained independence in 1968, but the Chagos remained under British control ... She visited the church where her parents were married and where she was baptized, but found her village ...

Chagossian Bernadette Dugasse looks at a Chagos Islands map during an interview with The Associated Press, at her home in London, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) 31,039 people ...