‘Tug of war’: Chagos Islands deal tearing families apart in Mauritius Mauritius awaits Trump’s approval for UK to hand over archipelago, with Chagossians at odds over what’s in it for them. Al Jazeera · Feb 11, 2025
Chagos Islanders have fought a long and determined campaign for right to return Hopes occasionally soared only to be dashed as legal challenges came and went until a critical judgment in 2019 The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2024
Evicted Chagos Islanders’ descendants to get British citizenship Home Office announces applications for children of those forcibly evicted by the British in 1970s will open in November The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2022
How Chagos Islanders are fighting to keep their culture alive in exile When Olivier Bancoult, Liseby Elysé, Suzelle Baptiste, Rosemonde Bertin and Marcel Humbert set off on the Bleu de Nîmes for the Chagos archipelago in February 2022, it marked the first time exiled Chagos Islanders had returned without UK officials. On the surface, the expedition was both scientific (to survey Blenheim… The Conversation · Mar 17, 2022
Exiled Chagos Islanders return without UK officials for first time Fifty years since they were deported to Mauritius by the UK, Chagossians are still fighting for their homeland The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2022
Exiled Chagos Islanders bask in return ‘as pilgrims to abandoned place’ Fifty years after the UK forcibly deported them, five Chagossians have visited the disputed archipelago with Mauritius’s help The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2022