Chagos Islands Territorial Disputes Issues

Chagos Islands Territorial Disputes Issues

Between 1967 and 1973 2000 residents of the Chagos Islands were evacuated by the British in order to allow the US to build its Indian Ocean base at Diego Garcia.

Top: Society: Issues: Territorial Disputes: Chagos Islands

See Also:

Chagos Islands Indigenous Population Internet Site - Advocates for the rights of residents displaced from the islands for the construction of the US Naval Base at Diego Garcia. Information about the islands and their native population.
BBC NEWS | UK | Diego Garcia: remembering paradise lost - Thirty-five years after his people were ejected from their Indian Ocean paradise by the British Government, young Jean Redi Bancoult has not forgotten his motherland.
The Provisional Peoples Democratic Republic of Diego Garcia - Tongue in cheek site from US servicemen who served, or are serving, in Diego Garcia.
BBC NEWS | UK | Q&A: Chagos Islands dispute - Background to the battle for compensation between thousands of Chagos islanders and the British Government.

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