U.N. and U.K. lawmakers urge pause in Chagos deal over people displaced
Parliamentary inquiry finds displaced islanders were 'consistently sidelined' as diaspora forms government in exile.
British Indian Ocean Territory
The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is a U.K. overseas territory comprised of seven atolls in the Indian Ocean. The entire population, the Chagossians, was forcibly removed in the 1960s and 1970s to make way for a joint U.S.-U.K. military base on the island of Diego Garcia.
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U.N. vote calls on U.K. to return site of U.S. military base to Mauritius
The non-binding U.N. resolution called for returning the Chagos Islands, home to a military facility, within six months.