No happy ending for the Chagos Islands

Britain is handing the Chagos Islands over to Mauritius, but Chagossians are banned from returning to Diego Garcia where many of their ancestors originally lived. So nothing changes.

Under the U.K.-Mauritius deal, Chagossians are banned from returning to their original homeland, the island of Diego Garcia, pictured, which was turned into a giant American airbase in the middle of the Indian Ocean.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/European Space Agency

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

October 23, 2024

LONDON, U.K.—If you believe the British government—which you should never do—a new agreement will bring justice for the people of the Chagos Islands. They have lived in exile for more than half a century after the main island, Diego Garcia, was turned into a giant ...

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