Chagos Islands

A solitary raised coral island west of the Gilbert Island chain it is the westernmost point of Kiribati lying 185 miles 298 km east of Nauru which is also its nearest neighbourIt has an area of 6 square kilometres and the highest point on the island is also the highest point in Kiribati. 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.

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. Last modified on Sun 13 Feb 2022 0416 EST. Owen Bowcott and Bruno Rinvolucri on the Chagos Islands. It is the worlds largest fully protected reserve twice the size of Great Britain.

Some moved to the Seychelles and to Britain where many. The United Nations General Assembly. Most of the population of the Chagos Islands was dumped unceremoniously and without compensation in Mauritius 1000 miles to the south.

British diplomats knew that it was illegal under international law to split up a colony before granting it independence but felt that a few uninhabited islands might go. Banaba b ə ˈ n ɑː b ə. Some moved to the Seychelles and to Britain where many.

A marine protected area MPA around the Chagos Islands known as the Chagos Marine Protected Area was created by the British Government on 1 April 2010 and enforced on 1 November 2010. The designation proved controversial as the decision was announced during a period when the UK. Sat 12 Feb 2022 1246 EST.

The UK removed the entire population of the Chagos islands in the early 1970s seeking to portray them as itinerant workers rather than a settled population that had lived on the islands for generations. Returning to their birthplace after decades of enforced exile five. Most of the population of the Chagos Islands was dumped unceremoniously and without compensation in Mauritius 1000 miles to the south.

The Chagos islands were a part of Mauritius until Britain separated them a few years before Mauritius became independent from British colonial rule in 1968.

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