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The UK took control of the Chagos Islands, or British Indian Ocean Territory, from its then colony, Mauritius, in 1965 and went on to evict its population of more than 1,000 people to make way for ...
National security will be put at risk unless the Chagos Islands are handed over to Mauritius in a deal set to cost the UK taxpayer billions, Sir Keir Starmer said. ... in October 2024 between the ...
The government announced a deal to hand over the islands to Mauritius in October 2024, which is meant to secure the future of a secretive military base on the island of Diego Garcia.
The UK has denied the cost of handing over the Chagos Islands could rise to £18 billion and disputed claims made by the Mauritian Prime Minister about the renegotiated deal. ... but the new terms ...
In October 2024, the UK announced it is giving up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal, which is still subject to finalising a treaty. [73] The deal would also see the Mauritian government lease the current area occupied by the UK-US military base to the UK for an initial period of 99 years.
The government’s agreement to hand over the Chagos Islands – including the UK-US airbase on Diego Garcia – to Mauritius has been plagued by issues since it was announced in October, with ...
The Chagos Islands, a tropical archipelago just south of the equator off the tip of India, have been under British control since 1814. They have been known as the British Indian Ocean Territory since 1965 when they were split off from Mauritius, a then-U.K. colony that gained independence three years later.
The Chagos Archipelago. (Atolls with areas of dry land are named in green)The archipelago is about 500 kilometres (310 mi) south of the Maldives, 1,880 kilometres (1,170 mi) east of the Seychelles, 1,680 kilometres (1,040 mi) north-east of Rodrigues Island (), 2,700 kilometres (1,700 mi) west of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and 3,400 kilometres (2,100 mi) north of Amsterdam Island.