Forced relocation of the inhabitants of the Chagos Islands
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Location of Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean
The United Kingdom, at the request of the United States, began expelling the inhabitants of the Chagos Archipelago in 1968, concluding its forced deportations on 27 April 1973 with the expulsion of the remaining Chagossians on the Peros Banhos atoll.[1][2] The inhabitants, known at the time as the Ilois,[3] are today known as Chagos Islanders or Chagossians.[4]
Chagossians and human rights advocates have said that the Chagossian right of occupation was violated by the British Foreign Office as a result of the 1966 agreement[5] between the British and American governments to provide an unpopulated island for a U.S. military base, and that additional compensation[6] and a right of return[7] be provided.
Legal action to claim compensation and the right of abode in the Chagos began in April 1973 when 280 islanders, represented by a Mauritian attorney, petitioned the government of Mauritius to distribute the £650,000 compensation provided in 1972 by the British government. It was not distributed until 1977.[8] Various petitions and lawsuits have been ongoing since then.
In 2019, the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion stating that the United Kingdom did not have sovereignty over the Chagos Islands and that the administration of the archipelago should be handed over "as rapidly as possible" to Mauritius.[9] The United Nations General Assembly then voted to give Britain a six-month deadline to begin the process of handing over the islands.[10]
^The High Court of Justice Queens Bench Division, Case No: HQ02X01287, Approved Judgment, 2003, Paragraph 396.
^Nauvel, Christian (2007). "A Return from Exile in Sight? The Chagossians and Their Struggle". Journal of International Human Rights. 5 (1): 96. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
^"The Chagos Islands: A sordid tale". BBC News. 3 November 2000. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
^Pilger, John (1 October 2004). "Paradise cleansed". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
^Sand 2009, p. 69.
^The High Court of Justice Queens Bench Division, Case No: HQ02X01287, Approved Judgment, 2003[permanent dead link].
^England and Wales High Court, Case No: CO/4093/2004, 2006, Handed Down Judgment.
^England and Wales High Court, Case No: CO/4093/2004, 2006, Handed Down Judgment, Paragraph 67.
^"Latest developments | Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965 | International Court of Justice". www.icj-cij.org. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
^"Chagos Islands dispute: UK accused of 'crimes against humanity' by Mauritius". BBC News. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
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