DARK SECRETS: 7 - The Real Truth

Chagos Islands: UK offers to move migrants stranded on secretive island to Romania

Government offers migrants on Diego Garcia - part of the Chagos Islands - move to Romania in long-running asylum claims

Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2024

Chagos Islanders Protest UK-Mauritius Deal Over Homeland Fate

Chagos Islanders protest UK's decision to hand over Chagos Islands to Mauritius, retaining US military base on Diego Garcia.

Top News · Oct 8, 2024

Lammy defends Chagos deal, saying it saves important UK-US military base

Foreign secretary says status quo not sustainable as Tory MPs accuse Labour of giving away key asset

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2024

UK hands Chagos Islands to Mauritius, marking the end of a longstanding sovereignty dispute

The UK government has announced that it will transfer sovereignty of a remote cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius. The final treaty outlining the transfer of the Chagos Islands, where there is a significant US military base, is expected to be announced in the coming months.

The Conversation · Oct 4, 2024

Why is the UK handing the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius?

An agreement between the UK and Mauritian governments could see thousands of exiled Chagossians resettled again.

Al Jazeera · Oct 4, 2024

What is the Chagos Islands deal? Proposals fall apart at the eleventh hour

Everything you need to know about the Chagos Islands deal

Evening Standard · Oct 4, 2024

Chagos Islands row: Keir Starmer insists deal with Mauritius safeguards 'hugely important' base

Envoy Jonathan Powell also slams critics of the pact, which he says was first negotiated by the Tories, stressing it’s ‘rubbish’ to claim China will benefit

Evening Standard · Oct 4, 2024

Diego Garcia blame game deepens as Liz Truss hits out at Boris Johnson for island ‘surrender’

Exclusive: Labour said they had no choice but to sign the deal because of the legal mess left by the Tories

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2024

A tiny ocean island is home to a restricted US-UK military base. The secret just got out

The UK will cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but indigenous people from a tiny island that houses a US military base shrouded in secrecy will not be allowed to return

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2024

UK Hands Indian Ocean Islands To Mauritius But Keeps Key US Military Base

Britain on Thursday said it would give up sovereignty of a remote Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius but will maintain there a strategic military base that it shares with the United States, in what US President Joe Biden described as a "historic agreement".

International Business Times · Oct 3, 2024