Chagos Islands
This chain of islands is the southernmost archipelago of the Chagos-Laccadive Ridge a long submarine. The Chagos Archipelago ˈ tʃ ɑː ɡ ə s-ɡ oʊ s or Chagos Islands formerly the Bassas de Chagas and later the Oil Islands is a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean about 500 kilometres 310 mi south of the Maldives archipelago.
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. It is half a century since Britain took control of the Chagos Islands from its then colony Mauritius and evicted the population of more than 1000 people in order to make way for a US military base. Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said that the research vessel Bleu de Nimes had set sail from the Seychelles for its historic visit yesterday. It is half a century since Britain took control of the Chagos Islands from its then colony Mauritius and evicted the population of more than 1000 people in order to make way for a US military base.
A delegation from Mauritius is setting sail to the Chagos Islands to press the countrys claim for the Indian Ocean archipelago which is also claimed by Britain and is home to a US military base. Some moved to the Seychelles and to Britain where many. It is the first time Mauritius has embarked.
As regards the resettlement on the Chagos Archipelago of Mauritian nationals including those of Chagossian origin the Court was of the view that this is an issue relating to the protection of the human rights of those concerned which should be addressed by the General Assembly during the completion of the decolonization of Mauritius. MAURITIUS has sent a ship to the Chagos Islands to press its claim to the Indian Ocean archipelago which remains under British occupation despite numerous international rulings. The Chagos Islands national football team is a football team ostensibly representing the territory of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian OceanHowever this area which falls under the administration of the British Indian Ocean Territory is uninhabited save for the presence of a US military base on the island of Diego Garcia after the United Kingdom evicted the local.
For Olivier Bancoult of the Chagos Refugee Group it was the sight of two skuas gliding over the waves that heralded long-promised landfall on his native islands. Most of the population of the Chagos Islands was dumped unceremoniously and without compensation in Mauritius 1000 miles to the south.
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