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Chagos Islands: What is the UK-Mauritius deal on archipelago and what's India's stance on it? Explained
The Chagos Islands are a strategically significant area, with one of its islands, Diego Garcia, serving as a key military base jointly operated by the UK and the US. It monitors the Malacca Strait and other essential global trade routes,
Displaced Chagos islanders fear they will never go home after a UK-Mauritius deal
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 from returning and living in their homeland, citing defense and security concerns and “cost to the British taxpayer.”
The UK and Mauritius agreed to a deal regarding the sovereignty of an Indian Ocean archipelago, including control over a key ...
Under the agreement, the United Kingdom will pay Mauritius 101 million pounds ($136 million) per year to lease back the Chagos Island base for at least 99 years.
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United Kingdom abandons its colony of the Chagos Islands, but maintains the Diego Garcia airbase, which gives the key to the Indian Ocean to the USAThe islands, named after a Spanish navigator, have a basically symbolic British presence. The United Kingdom hands over the ...
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