カテゴリー: Chagos Islands
Reform UK leader flew to the Maldives for a day despite not having permit to visit nearby archipelagoNigel Farage has been accused of “performing Maga stunts” after claiming the British government stopped him from travelling to the Chagos Islands on a …
Downing Street sources say agreement is ‘done deal’ and will not be scuppered by US president’s U-turnUS intelligence agencies disagree with Donald Trump’s newly found opposition to the Chagos deal, Keir Starmer has said, as he underlined how the US ad…
British Indian Ocean Territory commissioner’s appeal against decision last year rejected by judges in LondonAppeal court judges have backed a decision that dozens of asylum seekers were unlawfully detained on one of the world’s most remote islands, rej…
PM to claim if US rejects Mauritius’s claim to own the islands, Beijing will be drawn into the regional disputeKeir Starmer is to urge Donald Trump to recognise that a US rejection of Mauritius’s legal claim to own the Chagos Islands, including the str…
In today’s newsletter: As a judge finds the government unlawfully detained Tamils on Diego Garcia, we look at the geopolitcs that led to them being trapped in ‘hell on earth’ for three yearsGood morning. In October 2021, a boat carrying dozens of Tami…
Government could face a huge bill for damages after keeping more than 60 asylum seekers in ‘hellish’ conditionsDozens of asylum seekers stranded on one of the most remote islands in the world in conditions described as “hell on earth” were unlawfully d…
Lawyers and campaigners hail removal of 47 people from remote Indian Ocean island as ‘a big day for justice’Dozens of people stranded in hellish conditions for more than three years on the remote Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia have arrived in the …
Government drops opposition to case of 64 people, including 16 children, who fled persecution in Sri LankaDozens of Tamils stranded on the remote Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia for more than three years are to be airlifted to the UK after the gove…
Workers for US defence contractor KBR concerned after colleagues die on island with no hospital-grade health facilityMigrant workers employed by the US defence contractor KBR on the British-owned island of Diego Garcia have expressed concerns for their…
British territory’s commissioner withdraws decision after supreme court challengeA group of Tamil asylum seekers stranded on a tiny British territory in the Indian Ocean have won their fight against being forcibly returned to Sri Lanka after a governme…
Two people, from group rescued by Royal Navy and held on Diego Garcia, made offer while receiving medical attention in RwandaPolitics live – latest updatesTwo Tamil asylum seekers receiving medical treatment in Rwanda after being rescued from the India…
UK government lawyers tell asylum seekers they can return to Sri Lanka or be removed to undisclosed countryTamil refugees seeking asylum from the British-claimed Chagos Islands face being forcibly removed to a third country under Rwanda-style plans dra…
MoD personnel escorted refugees away from Diego Garcia in boat with no record of having radio or lifesaving equipment, lawyers sayLawyers have accused the UK of facilitating dangerous onward boat journeys by Tamil refugees who had arrived at the Britis…
The 42 hunger strikers are part of group of 89 Sri Lankans whose boat was intercepted in Indian Ocean by British militaryDozens of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who have been detained for over seven months in a military base on an overseas territory claime…
Dispute over archipelago in Indian Ocean involves neighbouring Maldives and UK historical claimUnder a glaring sky, Mauritian survey teams set off in two tender boats to measure Blenheim Reef on Sunday morning.A line of breakers marked the outer line o…