Since an agreement for the United Kingdom to give up sovereignty of the islands was announced in October, Chagossians have voiced concerns that they were not given a say.

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The UK said on Wednesday that it still plans to hand over the Chagos Islands, home to a strategically vital military base, to Mauritius, after the Indian Ocean country’s new leader backed out of a deal struck with the previous government.
London and Port Louis announced in October an arrangement to switch sovereignty of the chain of more than 60 islands just south of the equator.
Under the plan, the British–American naval and bomber base on the …

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Under the deal, the U.K.-U.S. naval and bomber base on the largest of the islands, Diego Garcia, would remain under U.K. control for at least 99 years.

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