UK One Step Closer to Chagos Deal After New Court Victory
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Ban on living on Chagos Islands is LAWFUL, court rules months after nine landed on outer islets
A ban on living on the Chagos Islands is lawful, a court has ruled, months after a group of people landed on the outer islets of the archipelago. In March, the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) Supreme Court had ruled that part of a 2004 law which removed the rights of the Chagossian people to enter and remain on the outer islands was unlawful. The ruling came just weeks after a group of nine people - including four Chagossians and former To…
The Independent
UK one step closer to Chagos deal after new court victory
The ruling by the British Indian Oceans Territory Court of Appeal will help the Labour government progress its deal to hand over the islands to Mauritius - but the legal battle now moves to London and Bermuda
Burnham Could Forcibly Remove Chagossians From British Indian Ocean Territory
A judgement just handed down from the British Indian Ocean Territory Court of Appeal has found in the favour of the authorities who are seeking to remove Chagossians from the archipelago. Chagos First Minister Misley Mandarin landed on one of the islands along with colleagues earlier this year in protest at the Labour government’s plan…
On Thursday, November 12, 2026, the BIOT Court of Appeal upheld the expulsion orders against Misley Mandarin and three other Chagossians living on the island of Coin, thereby overturning a favourable judgment handed down by the Supreme Court on March 31st. The Court ruled that the court of first instance...
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