Chagos Islands Diego Garcia

The Chagos Islands are a group of seven atolls, which together form more than 60 individual tropical islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean. The Chagos Archipelago has been under the administrative control of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) since 1965 and was for a long time the home of the Chagossians.
The largest island of the Chagos Archipelago is Diego Garcia, which has been used as a joint UK-US military base since the early 1970s. In the early 1970s, Britain evicted almost 2,000 residents to Mauritius and the Seychelles to make way for an airbase on Diego Garcia. The evicted Chagossians were never compensated for their loss and have been fighting for the right to return to their homeland ever since.
In 2016, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that the UK's continued occupation of the Chagos Islands was illegal and that the islands should be returned to Mauritius. The UK has refused to comply with the ICJ's ruling, and the Chagossians remain in exile.
The Chagos Islands are a beautiful and unique place, and the Chagossians are a proud and resilient people. They have been through a lot, but they have never given up hope of returning to their homeland. One day, they will be able to go home and rebuild their lives.