Raw Deals: The Continued Shafting Of The Chagossians

The British government will return sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, whose residents were brutally displaced between 1965‒73, to Mauritius. In an October 3 joint statement between London and Port Louis, all but one of the Chagos Islands will be relinquished by Britain to Mauritian control. “Following two years of negotiation, this is a seminal moment [...]