What do the Chagossians make of Keir Starmer's deal? | LBC exclusive
February 14, 2025
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as posted by the channelAs Chagossians beg to return to their homeland, LBC's Henry Riley visits their lunch club in Crawley.
Just a matter of miles from Gatwick Airport live thousands of Chagossians. Crawley in West Sussex is where many of the islanders settled since 2002, after initially being expelled from their homeland in the 1960s and 1970s.
The population was moved to make way for the building of a US military base on Diego Garcia, the largest of the archipelago. That agreement was signed in 1966 with all inhabitants being forcibly removed to either Mauritius or the Seychelles by 1974.
It comes after the US made a last-ditch intervention in Chagos islands negotiations amid concerns China will benefit from the deal.
The government is planning to hand the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius but pay to lease back the US-UK military base on Diego Garcia for 99 years.
It is expected to cost around £90 million a year but there are concerns that the overall price could rise to £18 billion.
The US has also said it is concerned that handing over the British territory could increase the threat of Chinese influence.
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