Chagos Deal Cost Is ‘Going Rate for Best Defensive Real Estate’, Says Ex-FO Boss

The UK's territorial loss: Chagos and the cost of imperial legacy

Chagos deal sparks uproar as the U.K. pays 30 billion pounds to Mauritius, loses critical territory and gives way to China's influence

Chagos deal cost is ‘going rate for best defensive real estate’, says ex-FO boss

The UK has agreed to pay Mauritius at least £120 million a year to lease back the Diego Garcia base post-handover.

High Court fast-tracks Chagos case as Labour faces legal action over deal with Mauritius

A legal challenge demanding the UK Government consult Chagossians before transferring sovereignty of their homeland has progressed in the High Court

The Status of the Chagos Archipelago –  Part II: United Kingdom’s Agreement with Mauritius

The following is a guest post by Clare Feikert-Ahalt, a senior foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress covering the United Kingdom and several other jurisdictions. Clare has written numerous posts for In Custodia Legis, including Revealing the Presence of Ghosts; Weird Laws, or Urban Legends?; FALQs: Brexit Referendum; 100 Years of “Poppy Day” in the United Kingdom; and Mr. Bates vs. The Post Office Spurs Possible Law Change. Yeste…

MPs clash over cost of Diego Garcia deal

The future of Diego Garcia and its place in UK defence accounting came under scrutiny during questions in the House of Commons on Monday, as MPs pressed ministers on the cost and implications of the recent UK-Mauritius agreement. Mid Buckinghamshire MP Greg Smith asked what estimate had been made of the Ministry of Defence’s costs under the deal. In reply, Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard said, “As the Defence Secretary has said, the cost of t…