British navy ships rescued dozens and brought them to Diego Garcia, the largest of the disputed Chagos Islands in the British Indian Ocean Territory (Biot) – long claimed by Mauritius – and ...

The native Chagossian people are a mixture ... and established the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). This was done ...

To build a military base on Chagos’ largest island, Diego Garcia, the British forcibly displaced around 1,500 native islanders without compensation into slums in Mauritius and the Seychelles.

Languages: English and Farsi The United States is significantly bolstering its military presence at Diego Garcia airbase in the Indian Ocean, as it escalates pressure on Iran and continues its air ...

and Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the countries agreed that the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia will continue to operate whatever the results of the talks. Mauritius claims the remote ...