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Mauritius: New UN Tribunal Ruling Gives Chagossians Further Hope for Return Home
Seychelles News Agency, 1 February 2021
The displaced people of the Chagos islands living in Seychelles say that the United Nations Maritime Law Tribunal has backed their aspirations for resettlement now that the… Read more »
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Mauritius: Chagos - What's Next After Decision of International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea?
L'Express, 31 January 2021
The special chamber of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in its decision dismissed the objections of the Maldives, reinforcing the view that Chagos belongs… Read more »
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Mauritius: What Mauritius will have to deal on with the next US President
L'Express, 5 November 2020
Whether Trump stays on or the world witnesses a new Biden presidency, here are the biggest issues that Mauritius will have to deal with the next US president about, and how… Read more »
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Seychelles: New Setback for Chagossians in Seychelles As UK Court Rejects Resettlement Appeal
Seychelles News Agency, 14 August 2020
The displaced people of the Chagos Islands - who now live in Seychelles and Mauritius - are facing another setback in their fight to return to their islands after the United… Read more »
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Mauritius: Chagos, a Long Wait for Mauritius Until UK Leaves
RFI, 26 June 2020
The United Nations has decided that the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago lies with Mauritius. The United Kingdom and the Unites States believe that the UN's views on the… Read more »
When Will UK Give Chagos Islands Back to the Mauritian People?
Around 2,000 Chagossians were forcibly evicted from the Chagos archipelago in the central Indian Ocean in 1960 after the UK leased the main island, Diego Garcia, to the United States to use as a military base.
The displaced people of the Chagos islands living in Seychelles say that the United Nations Maritime Law Tribunal has backed their aspirations for resettlement now that the tribunal has said that Britain has no sovereignty over the islands, reports Seychelles News Agency.
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The International Court of Justice has ruled that the United Kingdom is "under an obligation" to end its administration of the Chagos Archipelago "as rapidly as possible". The ... Read more »
A group of six Chagossians based in the Seychelles when visiting the archipelago after the British government allowed them to visit the islands for a week in May 2015.
