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The UK deal on Diego Garcia is positive, but it won’t reverse declining support for the rules-based order
The UK government announced last week that it will cede sovereignty of the Chagos archipelago to Mauritius. The agreement ...
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EXCLUSIVE: UK agrees to admit some Diego Garcia asylum seekers
The policy reversal comes as Britain agrees to hand over control of the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius.
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Chagossians ‘deplore’ deal allowing US-UK to keep Diego Garcia Air Base
Activists have decried a deal that the UK will cede sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius with the exception of ...
Diego Garcia blame game deepens as Liz Truss hits out at Boris Johnson for island ‘surrender’
Exclusive: The blame game for who was responsible for the UK handing over the key Indian Ocean islands has now dragged in ...
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Raw Deals: The Continued Shafting of the Chagossians
It was a spectacular example of a non-event, alloyed by pure symbolism and cynicism.  Here was a British government offering ...
Lammy defends Chagos Islands sovereignty surrender amid Commons heckling
David Lammy was heckled in the House of Commons as he defended the decision to give up UK control over the Chagos Islands.
Handing over the British overseas territory was a 'profound failing of judgement'.
Professor Doug Stokes warns the government's decision will have lasting consequences for the global balance of power.
Chagos Islands: Where is the archipelago and can I visit the British Indian Ocean Territory?
THE Chagos Islands are an archipelago (group of islands) that have made headlines after the UK agreed to hand sovereignty over the islands to Mauritius.  One of the islands, Diego Garcia, is ...