Chagos islanders make historic trip home without British escort - BBC News

Five people from Chagos travelling on a boat chartered by the Mauritian government, have made history as the first people to step foot on their archipelago without a British military escort, or sought British authorisation.
The trip is the culmination of years of tug-of-war legal battles with Britain over ownership of the Chagos Islands.
The United Nations' highest court has ruled that Britain's occupation of the islands is illegal, but Britain has refused to hand control to Mauritius.
As the boat landed, Chagossian Suzelle Baptiste said: "It means so much to me."
The BBC's Africa correspondent Andrew Harding reports from the archipelago.
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[@DennisTheMenace-1999]

And people in Britain complain about immigrants.

[@andreagascoigne6735]

I remember my Mother telling me what happened to the Chagos Islanders. She was shocked by the brutal actions taken by our government and told me she felt ashamed to be British.

[@danny-qs5zd]

@Prince Charles lmao .. what a crook country 🥱 ..

[@nothing4113]

@Prince Charles that is so true

[@Zombie-lp8bx]

Sounds more like you should be ashamed of the government.

[@yongewok]

@Prince Charles If you want to give them tech, then give it. Don't take them from their home and make it your outpost. You have selective perception.

[@yongewok]

@Prince Charles Then certainly neither are the Brits. What do they need it for?

[@owaisinus]

I don't understand why does U.K. have so many overseas territories in the first place. It's time for British government to do the right thing and hand over control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

[@DirtyGeorge]

Because all of them want to be british (not talking about this one) and we took over them

[@lilbrit1019]

Britain brought the islands it is ours. We never presented our case to the ICJ becuase Mauritius never owned the islands we owned them before them and only administrated the islands from Mauritius. The Chagos islanders were imported workers anyway not a native people

[@josesolis642]

@@lilbrit1019 lol no, that does not mean GB has the right to install military bases on the islands in the first place. GB is the root of all evil

[@lilbrit1019]

@@josesolis642 your undereducation is showing here

[@denizbluemusic]

​@@lilbrit1019 they had still lived there for more than a century. it was home for them

[@phucknuts.7065]

Hopefully the people finally get to live their way.

[@fishiestify]

Is this one of the Island robbed by the british?

[@graveperil2169]

yep from the French before that no one lived there there is no native population

[@mbn9672]

Yes

[@trinisun]

It's time for Britain to practise the values it preaches to others 🙏

[@scottjohnson8996]

Your talking about the government of yesteryear, it's not the public who has woken to our government, things like this will never happen again.....

[@Thestorminator89]

As a British man I agree with you. The time for hypocrisy to end has come.

[@trinisun]

@@scottjohnson8996 It's happening right now. Look at the Parliament. The people deserve better. In my heart, I wish what you said was true.

[@luciano2003.]

Malvinas Islands 🇦🇷

[@scottjohnson8996]

@@luciano2003. the falklands are ours, argentina attacked our soldiers and our nation fought and took them back. They are ours...

[@emiriebois2428]

Shame to the U.K but respect to BBC to report it

[@yusufosman8714]

The British government should be held accountable for displacement they caused to life's of this innocent community's.

[@johncalhoun9198]

Same should apply to the u s who started this mess!

[@MegaPasca90]

Mauritius agreed to this displacement too and did not even respect the treaty of properly relocating the chagossians in Mauritius! Uk is trying to repair its wrong but what about Mauritius who’s only entering a territorial dispute, ignoring the people once more!

[@Ronaldo-rt7hl]

yes i thought this was against international law

[@emiriebois2428]

DEPORTED by the Brits .

[@LST25]

You can't deport people from their own nation

[@Thestorminator89]

As a British man, I feel ashamed, that our hypocritical government still won't let you go back to your actual homeland. I am truly sorry. I hope sooner rather than later, you'll be able to return your your ancestoral home. Let me assure you this is the government. And not what the British people want. We are on your side.

[@danielwhyatt3278]

@Prince Charles It really does feel sometimes like it is a case of manipulating white guilt in order to get whatever you want when there is no real ground for it. These islands are British indeed and although these people definitely have the right to move back they do not have any true legitimacy for individual sovereignty, let alone being taken over by the neighbouring countries who think they somehow own it just because it’s nearby when they never had sovereignty over those islands to begin with. Designs are British and people need to get over it whether they like it or not. Facts are facts. It feels like the world doesn’t like to accept that anymore when it clashes with their own agendas.

[@danielwhyatt3278]

Actually I’m afraid you’ve got a lot of those facts wrong. It’s not their ancestral home. These people are descendants from Europeans who moved there as part of our British colonial exploits in populating his islands which has been hugely successful over the centuries. These are not having that always been British territories and there is no ground for them change from that through one form of guilt which is being hypocritical used by the neighbouring countries. People may not like to sit out loud, but we are not entirely on these peoples side. They have the right to move back, but these islands are still very much British territory and we are on that side of things.

[@luciano2003.]

And the Malvinas Islands.

[@DirtyGeorge]

@Taipan Tails racist

[@DirtyGeorge]

@@luciano2003. the people there voted to be british.

[@value8035]

Congratulations to our southern neighbors.!!!!!! It is a historic victory. Hopefully it won't be a Diago Garcia no more, but the Chagos and Salomon. Well done. Freedom and Sovereignty. Greetings from Sri Lanka!!! 🇱🇰🇱🇰🇲🇺🇲🇺🇱🇰🇱🇰

[@Flimstudios5]

Murdering dogs is unacceptable and beyond evil. Britain and US should pay money for what they did.

[@rosyleveque9812]

People forget that it is the Chagossian people and children who are the ones suffering from these bilateral disputes, being at the centre of government spats. One big issue is the citizenship rights of the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the natives of the Chagos islands. Due to great historical unfairness and anomalies in British Nationality law, the 2nd generation of descendants of the Chagos Islands do not have rights to British Citizenship, even though their parents and grandparents were born on a British Overseas Territory. This has left many Chagossian families torn, divided and separated between Mauritius, Seychelles and UK. We are trying to fix this with the Nationality & Borders Bill. There is a specific Chagossian Amendment that has been tabled, with cross-party support for the Chagossian descendants to gain their rightful rights to British Citizenship, and for them to be reunited with their families in the UK. These families have gone through generational trauma since their exile in tge 60s/70s, now their children and grandchildren are being deported from the UK because of a fault with British Nationality law. Please help us fix the law and stop this generational trauma, and grant the Chagossian descendants British Citizenship. Its about choice, those who wish to remain Mauritian have the right to do so, and those who wish to remain British have the right to do so.

[@poojan-shah]

anyone with audio issues with headphones

[@andreteixeira5635]

It is only fair these islanders claim back their home.

[@lilbrit1019]

Britain brought the islands it is ours. We never presented our case to the ICJ becuase Mauritius never owned the islands we owned them before them and only administrated the islands from Mauritius.

[@johannaolsson100]

The sound isn’t working

[@marianlopez457]

Chagos is from Mauritius. MALVINAS ARGENTINAS FOREVER 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@griffith500tvr]

Shame on Britain

[@IBTU]

Boring

[@clementajay14]

@@IBTU F*** off we lost everything because of Brits

[@IBTU]

@@clementajay14 and? We were more powerful, you lost. Deal with it

[@clementajay14]

@@IBTU 😂 we never lost see we are rising

[@the_philosopher_o_philosophos]

That's not right. Those people have way more modernised and comfortable lifestyle that all their neighbours. This is just absurd.

[@rightwing9608]

Iam from india, i promise you india will definitely help Mauritius to get back this islands from United Kingdom. 🇮🇳🤝🇲🇺

[@gojimovedchannel1478]

Nah the islands should remain British but the original people should be allowed to live there

[@gojimovedchannel1478]

British government should also establish infrastructure like doctors ect

[@JP-uq8rv]

I wouldn't hold my breath on india helping read about the island of agalega also owed by mauritius it seems like another diego garcia in the making

[@lennyjeanlouis7407]

Fuck you ugly country am a real mauritian we don’t want you!!!

[@MegaPasca90]

I promise you we the Chagossian community won’t let India interfere… No way!!!

[@f8ofk8]

Hotels and cruise ships are already rubbing their greedy hands.

[@navdasone4710]

Not nearby! 100 miles away!

[@mikeyd946]

Rightfully theirs. Time to move on and do what is right.

[@dekuthetechpriestoflondon6791]

I most definitely agree with you

[@lilbrit1019]

Britain brought the islands it is ours. We never presented our case to the ICJ becuase Mauritius never owned the islands we owned them before them and only administrated the islands from Mauritius. The Chagos islanders were imported workers anyway not a native people

[@freedomsong9747]

@@lilbrit1019 great made up story to justify theft, colonialism, conquest and slavery. I guess Britain had bought India also

[@lilbrit1019]

@@freedomsong9747 I mean no thats a different story. But britain did buy the islands? and theft no one owned the islands before britain they were no natives

[@freedomsong9747]

@@lilbrit1019 talking out of both sides of your . No island was ever bought, straight theft, dispossessed and evict the natives from their homes.

[@jeb-zf4un]

The history of these islands is a disgrace to all concerned except the islanders themselves who were at best pawns and at worst slaves...... actually they were both.

[@IBTU]

These must be the only slaves ever 😏

[@jeb-zf4un]

@@IBTU These people were essentially slaves in my lifetime then dispossessed and shipped out so that a military base could be built. I still need to do a bit more digging around the history of Diago Garcia.

[@IBTU]

@@jeb-zf4un there are slaves in Africa and the Middle East today. What difference can you make?

[@jamesfletcher5906]

I am from Scotland but consider myself British as well. I am deeply sorry to the Chagos islanders, what we did was wrong. Especially when you compare it to our argument with the Falklands, the right of self determination was suddenly thrown out the window when we wanted to build an army base in Chagos but in the Falklands we use self determination as our main argument. I guess we grant self determination to our white overseas territories only. Having a base in Chagos was very useful at the time but the least we could've done was to talk with the islanders and try to find a solution, throwing them into slums in Mauritius was just not the right thing to do and we owe these islanders an apology. Come on Britain, let them return or give them some nice compensation. Sorry lads.

[@luciano2003.]

Malvinas islands 🇦🇷🤜🏻🇬🇧

[@lilbrit1019]

Britain brought the islands it is ours. We never presented our case to the ICJ becuase Mauritius never owned the islands we owned them before them and only administrated the islands from Mauritius. The Chagos islanders were imported workers anyway not a native people

[@SantiagoGeffen]

Give Malvinas Islands back to Argentina 🇦🇷 Gibraltar back to Spain 🇪🇸 Chagos back to Mauritius 🇲🇺 And everything will be solved. Words are not enough. We need actions.

[@SantiagoGeffen]

And by the way, Brits did the same with Malvinas, they expelled Argentinians who were already living there replacing them with British colonists. Same story everywhere. The British Empire was like a cancer to the world.

[@SantiagoGeffen]

@@lilbrit1019 ugh that pirate mentality about stealing and buying lands that are not yours. Why don't you just stay in London, Manchester, Liverpool or wherever you come from?

[@bardslee]

Then again if they wait another 50 year's, no one will be alive to contest it.

[@anonoumos]

it will be under water in 50 years i think

[@bardslee]

@@anonoumos I guess no need too do anything

[@lilbrit1019]

Britain brought the islands it is ours. We never presented our case to the ICJ becuase Mauritius never owned the islands we owned them before them and only administrated the islands from Mauritius. The Chagos islanders were imported workers anyway not a native people

[@emiriebois2428]

It has already been condamné by the U.N

[@rdooky]

Lots of pet dogs where killed brutally.. So cruel

[@lunetalom4248]

Take it back , we feel your feeling take it back , whole world is with you

[@DanteLovesPizza]

Literally no one is with them. Double standards is a thing. Hypocrisy is a thing. Remember, the UK and America stand at the very top of FREEDOM! WOOOOO! FREEDOM! 😂

[@justsain3236]

2.50 Is that a dumbell on the bottom-right. Someones been trying to get hench on that island 😂

[@jeremyhall2727]

Congratulations to them

[@unpopularopinions2261]

Atrocious

[@fenianboy32]

Yes give the island back its not british and the commonwealth is over. no more slavery and occupation of other countries for britains wealth and gain. its upto the mauritius people to live free from their bad past. barbados has a republic and now this. Good news for independence.

[@RealUlrichLeland]

We should give them back, what an embarrassment. We don't even use them we just rent them off to the americans

[@sighfly2928]

BoJo will never give away his precious land for free

[@Jake4]

It's a shared US/UK military base and it's expected to be underwater within the next few decades. It's better if they just take the money and move to a sustainable place.

[@lilbrit1019]

Britain brought the islands it is ours. We never presented our case to the ICJ becuase Mauritius never owned the islands we owned them before them and only administrated the islands from Mauritius. The Chagos islanders were imported workers anyway not a native people

[@orlando124431]

The irony that the Indians (Kashmir) the Chinese (Tibet) the Spanish (Sahara and Morocco) France (name it) would say this is colonialism or would try to say the Uk shouldn’t have administration over these islands is a joke. Makes a mockery of it all really. All the G20 are doing it.

[@HoleeCeet]

India loves Mauritius 🤞✌️🤘

[@terrencebrowne2890]

All the past infrastructure has vanish so now I'm wondering how they'll cope with life there.

[@pedromendesrbd]

they killed a dog how disguting humans are

[@cryptout]

“Killed her dog and forced her to leave”

[@mikasa8238]

Is this related to Mauritius sending their navy to Chagos?

[@zayedboodhoo793]

We dont even have a navy wtf

[@mbn9672]

Rightful territory of mauritius

[@Velvet3232]

why is there a guy in my left ear?

[@ahmd7795]

This archipelago should be returned to Maldives! Mauritius has no right to this territory

[@ericcook5416]

The problem is this region has unique qualities that are being researched/utilized. UK/US don't want to share. But, it is not your average "Dark Site". I'm not saying it's like the series Lost. But basically it's something like the series Lost. Or in other words, There's some shit going down. Some type of anomaly or technology... You can literally feel a vibration. I have sailed ⛵ by these islands on two occasions and the same feeling from all on board both times. It's a weird vibe. As someone who has literally sailed around the world..., I can assure you there are still things out there we have a lot to learn about. All that being said, the land should be given back to the rightful owners, with compensation.

[@MetaView7]

The murdered natives are trying to communicate with you.

[@kevinsmith3967]

Trust the BBC to over simplify and be anti British, so many people disgusted by this (purchase of the island) but don’t want to give more than 3 minutes and 12 seconds.

[@coolcat6103]

Meanwhile in the uk?

[@IBTU]

Rubber boats

[@YaqobStanding]

Demographic winter 🥶

[@wzupppp]

what the hell is britain doing here

[@coranima5361]

i also happen to be an Irishman and i have some friends that live in Scotland were close but do duine beo mar an deoir ann an mo tir

[@Shahum923]

this is a maldives island we will get it back. one day Insha Allah

[@musicbox-id]

So,, What's next?

[@MSteffen]

Interesting ...

[@bardslee]

I don't see why they can't and the United Kingdom can keep her sovereign?

[@zayedboodhoo793]

It is NOT yours

[@bardslee]

Yes it is

[@zayedboodhoo793]

@@bardslee Churchill avi😂anyways our flag already flies there🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺

[@lilbrit1019]

@@zayedboodhoo793 Britain brought the islands it is ours. We never presented our case to the ICJ becuase Mauritius never owned the islands we owned them before them and only administrated the islands from Mauritius. The Chagos islanders were imported workers anyway not a native people

[@dennislosee]

Oh boohoo. Give back the compensation you got for that island then maybe you can come back…

[@stoggyreturns]

Give them some of the land back before the sea takes it away from us all. Surely there must be some way to create a partnership between the Chagossian people and the US and UK military. What was done to these people was a crime and it should not continue one day longer when the land is perfectly livable so long as the US and UK military intend to stay forever. The Chagossians are not our enemy they are an embodiment of the innocent free peoples that our two countries pledge to defend and bring peace & freedom to.

[@DirtyGeorge]

Why don't we just do what we did with hong kong and build it up

[@lilbrit1019]

Britain brought the islands it is ours. We never presented our case to the ICJ becuase Mauritius never owned the islands we owned them before them and only administrated the islands from Mauritius. The Chagos islanders were imported workers anyway not a native people

[@MrAmhara]

F*ck "partnership" with the White man.

[@bongoman9578]

@@lilbrit1019 if they are the first people to live in a land then that makes them its native people

[@lilbrit1019]

@@bongoman9578 but they technically were the first, the first would be the British personal setting up bases there. So the british are native?

[@chrischris8550]

Cut off to everybody other than sailing KZbinrs who pass by every now and then! The actual people of Chagos should have the right to be on their own land. The Mauritian Government who stood by and watched the islanders die on their streets in the 80's should not have the Governing of the islands!

[@raoofshlash4506]

Everyone should be held accountable for what they did. And the offenders should pay damages big damages 😡😡😡

[@jackjones7062]

What why? Why can’t they just live on the Island? Why did the UK say they couldn’t? Even if they claimed the islands why couldn’t they just let the people already living there stay?

[@MetaView7]

probably they were doing dirty works there like the French did to Moruroa and Fangataufa, or the Americans did to the Bikini and Enewetak atolls.

[@jackjones7062]

@@joethompson8180 Ah of course ffs

[@jonny_sparks]

In the late 1960's the US government wanted the UK to send troops to Vietnam. The UK did not want to get involved (for once) so instead they offered to lease the Chagos Islands to the USA to use as an airbase. From there B52 bombers can reach most of of SE Asia, east Africa and the Middle East. The US military didn't want anyone seeing what they were up to - so the UK forcibly removed the islanders.

[@MetaView7]

@@jonny_sparks in the late 60s, UK was still a respectable country. Now it is only a lapdog of the americans.

[@wm2357]

Highly antisemitic thumbnail, reminds me of the darkest period in human history. I want reparations.

[@amitaghosh9178]

Be done with that shit

[@bmo3778]

10 seconds in, I stopped the video, and went for ocean sound asmr. bye-bye!

[@stephenmoul8273]

Hey BBC, this is a very complex story and I think you should tell the full story. Consider the fact that the British government came to a settlement with these islanders with large financial compensation and yet now they will be getting their island and keeping the money. Also consider the fact this region makes up 25 % of the earth marine protected area and now as a part of their return these islanders have the right to profit form large commercial fishing contracts. And consider the fact that these islands are set to be u der water soon. And now we will have another nation to save at the un level. Finally, these islanders are not native to these islands they live about 3 generations here and before that these islands where uninhabited

[@IBTU]

Well said but unfortunately I doubt the truth will be seen because the truth doesn’t make headlines

[@onlyfacts4999]

Yeah I'm sure the American military base on that island is great for the protected marine environment lol

[@mikeyd946]

How many years ago was there a settlement?

[@ajiroakomo9163]

I guess we should applaud the Thieves who throw you some loose change for bus fare after mugging you.

[@jeb-zf4un]

Maybe a deep dig documentary is needed. I suspect there are no innocents. However the least guilt lays with the islanders themselves. The bottom line I guess is that the international courts and UN have sided with the islanders and presumably Mauritius.

[@robinreji1884]

Diego Gracia?

[@gregorymorton3783]

How fast will this be turned into another posh holiday destination lel

[@DeadlyAquarious]

Britain responsible for the security of American Base.....proper bumchums

[@coranima5361]

the saxon stranger that what they are

[@mayerrathore8132]

People in mauritius should realise that they are all foreigners as it was the french and the British government who brought them there to work and the island is on a lease hold by the British government for self government.

[@9grand]

Same to the white europeans ff the Americas and Australia

[@muhammad-bin-american]

Ah! The arrogance of these colonialists. Never stop to amaze me.

[@muhammad-bin-american]

​@Prince Charles A simple research on geography can show you how dumb you are. Britain (now Little Britain) is thousands of miles away but yet "These islands are British"? Makes no sense. In fact I am hoping that the international community force Britain to pay billions in damages to these people for grand theft.

[@lilbrit1019]

Britain brought the islands it is ours. We never presented our case to the ICJ becuase Mauritius never owned the islands we owned them before them and only administrated the islands from Mauritius. The Chagos islanders were imported workers anyway not a native people also might want ask why 4 of the 5 great Christian cities are in Islamic countries......

[@tobeytransport2802]

Perhaps the British government should maintain sovereignty over the islands but also allow the islanders to return... that way you won’t have much turmoil in the area but these people will also be able to return

[@griffith500tvr]

Maybe the Germans should take Jersey and a few other islands of the U.K. and send the inhabitants to the mainland

[@ignorasmus]

True, if the UK wants to occupy their land, they should at least have the decency to absorb the islanders into their fold - like Russia did to Crimea. Unless the islanders do not like that off course. In that case, UK should just leave them in their piece of tropical heaven.

[@tobeytransport2802]

@@ignorasmus well… it wouldn’t be our land if they hadn’t sold it to us but yeah, just let them go home.

[@griffith500tvr]

@Mr Teapot Hitler

[@griffith500tvr]

@J B The French would nuke your Banana Republic back you chav

[@RoliceOfficial]

Terrorism

[@user-zi3ee8oj1i]

The UK needs to scrap the BBC

[@AdventuresofanoldSeadog]

I agree but don't forget that the French have held on to ALL of their pacific islands and nobody says anything about that.

[@knockedoutloaded]

Yes but that doesn't fit in with the BBCs constant anti British rhetoric

[@IBTU]

What’s the point of having power and not using it

[@rajeevd972]

i have not heard of any icj ruling against french..

[@Tcp01876]

Both France and the UK are wrong. Many of the residents of French occupied lands are complaining and want sovereignty. French Guiana 🇬🇫.

[@graveperil2169]

@@rajeevd972 all of French colonies are officially France run from Paris

[@coranima5361]

an sagsannach deoir

[@auro1986]

bbc, don't pollute island

[@MarcoMeerman]

Declare this Island as a nature reservate. Protect and conserve this nature from wreckage by humans

[@freegalsen5556]

This Island 🏝 is home .

[@MetaView7]

it is not up to you to declare

[@SpitfireMLG]

That’s what the British were doing but that won’t happen anymore now because the court ruled “white man bad”

[@justsain3236]

Declare England a nature reserve.

[@Bolomsuga]

Now in 2024 do u all know what happens they are making people suffering there

[@shaf60]

HOME SWEET HOME . Hopefully it stays above water . 👍🥂

[@tobehonest7541]

"enlightened" West is misnomer

[@graveperil2169]

glad you enjoyed your trip now back to Mauritius you go, bye

[@boop53]

Oh no! How will they get their booster jabs in the middle of the Indian Ocean!

[@callumhardy5098]

Was this one of the nuclear test islands?

[@warren5037]

No, those were in the pacific though nuclear tests were conducted all over the world. But a bit of history, those islanders were evicted with the threat of starvation, thirst and restriction of medical supplies 50 years ago. Just for three letters: 1. U 2. S 3. A

[@callumhardy5098]

@@warren5037 Ah the Americans wanted them…

[@warren5037]

@@callumhardy5098 yup, even gassed their pet dogs as part of the intimidation tactics.

[@callumhardy5098]

@@warren5037 if it was the Americans, why are we taking the blame?

[@warren5037]

@@callumhardy5098 well, the british also took part in that forced eviction and pet gassing.

[@musicandbooklover-p2o]

So they willingly took money to move away from the islands yet now claim otherwise. The story to this is complicated and the UK govt. did well by the inhabitants. Maybe this minor little fact should be better publicised as well as the reasons it was done. If they want to return then the money they willingly took to move away should also be returned to the UK taxpayers, who paid for it in the first place.

[@Adrian_Nel]

Hoh noh, we can't stand idly by while the poor and long suffering British tax payer suffers. This is unacceptable, the BTP is struggling to afford the next 24 hours in his local. Have you seen the price of warm piss in London? And pies! god don't get me started on the price of pies!

[@mbn9672]

Chagos belongs to mauritius

[@tonik8816]

Europe was limiting the right of freedom of the uk. Now what will you say to these islanders my mighty british empire?

[@graveperil2169]

glad you enjoyed your trip, bye

[@percy8712]

Time to send the Royal Navy in and remind Mauritius of its place in the world.

[@jeremykemme9808]

I am just waiting for the time when China bombs you all

[@joydevsarkar4474]

@Percy ohh come on, this is indian ocean, here indian navy rules, do you think Mauritius would got that UN support without India so easily 😏😏, don't be silly, it is all india behind Mauritius, as long you people don't poke us in kashmir then there will be no problem, if..., Against India you will need your big Papa.

[@percy8712]

@@joydevsarkar4474 It's the Americans that rule the worlds oceans and its in their interest that the UK holds onto the Chagos Islands because of their military base. Any Indian support for Mauritius is a double edged sword. This is because they don't want to piss of the Americans whilst at the same time it is not in the interest of the Indian government to give the Pakistani an ally in the kashmir dispute. Ntm British support for Pakistan holds more wait than most because it was originally the British who drew the border to begin with therefore strengthening Pakistans argument.

[@emiriebois2428]

too back for you the western supremacy is over . CHINA India and Russia etc are back

[@emiriebois2428]

TIME HAS CHANGED DARLING. The rest of the world ( India, Ridsua ,China, Arab eorld , Africa , latin America ) will remind the West its place in the world

[@fungo6631]

When I saw the thumbnail I was first wondering why were they doing a Nazi salute.

[@__Man__]

I thought it was more a BLM gesture than N4ZI salute

[@fungo6631]

@@__Man__ When you see a tiny thumbnail they look the same.

[@operationdabardos1236]

Now Argentina shud get back their island too.

[@koreancrabmeat7897]

Haha it was never Argentinian in the first place. UK had a settlement before Argentina existed as a country. Argentina only piped up after oil was found in the area (same old story)

[@amb8274]

The forced re-location is indefensible. However Mauritius has no case to claim sovereignty. The islands were uninhabited when Europeans first arrived and just because Mauritius and these islands were governed by the British by a single governor that gives Mauritius no claim. In fact by claiming these islands Mauritius is trying to build its own little Empire, which it claims to be against.

[@danielwhyatt3278]

Here here. Forced relocation was not okay, but for Mauritius to claim that these are its islands when they have never been so and simply to believe they are just because they are close by is complete hypocrisy and by that logic Argentina should own the Falkland Islands. There is nothing wrong with having territories that far away from you as they only add to the diversity of what makes a country unique. We showed the world we were not going to back down when we took the Falkland Islands back and we should be willing to defend our sovereignty over these islands as well whilst allowing these people to return and helping them to thrive.

[@jamesfletcher5906]

Yeah lets keep the islands but start treating its inhabitants with the same respect we grant the falklanders

[@lilbrit1019]

@@danielwhyatt3278 They were given reparations

[@lilbrit1019]

@@jamesfletcher5906 the important non native workers? while the Falkland islanders are definition of 1st nations to that land

[@jamesfletcher5906]

@@lilbrit1019 I'm sorry I'm not sure what you're saying?

[@CPTM1]

Why do we do these things? Welcome home

[@MrShuttz]

'we' I had nothing to do with this, did you?

[@Red-jg6wh]

Because we are idiots and don't have common sense

[@CPTM1]

@@MrShuttz don't be so stupid. We is a collective term for "our" government. Come here with your stupidity

[@MrShuttz]

@@CPTM1 since I wasn't alive when this happened to these people I'll carry no responsibility for other people's actions. I say get these people back home and make the situation right

[@CPTM1]

@@MrShuttz once again. You took the word "we" too literal with your stupidity. You probably say "we" when you are talking about your sports team. But you don't play for them....

[@mr.snaplles5964]

Their languages sounds really close to French for some reason

[@emiriebois2428]

Because they were speaking in creole and praying in french

[@LST25]

​@@emiriebois2428 Isn't their official language English

[@emiriebois2428]

@@LST25 Official language does not mean most common or native language

[@coranima5361]

sagsannach beo mar deoir ann an ar tir saxon living as a stranger in our land

[@chrisl6291]

Those are N. Irish in Ireland, it hasnt been your land for centuries & they arent going to surrender, best get used to 2 nations, 1 island.

[@jpbergeron2621]

But then another country may rush to take it over right away. =s ?

[@drjones5186]

Not proud to feel british today let go of the past and work on a better future in your homeland.

[@ajiroakomo9163]

Monetary compensation should be immediate and scan for nuclear waste at British expense. Bear with the British thieving habits die hard.

[@IBTU]

Nah

[@byblispersephone2.094]

Chagos will be free!!

[@plant.hacks.4.ur.environment]

The people should be allowed to return but, how does international law surpass national law?! Then does the nation even have its own sovereignty anymore?! That’s should be happening. But regardless I do think the people should be allowed back and with reparations

[@chaseb7709]

Hes saying the Uk doesnt respect them and that hes denied a life there, well why don't they take a look at actual UK, here we have no respect from our gov and denied basic right, food, warm home, people here going to food banks and wearing lots of clothes to keep warm at night, sounds like a poor african country in 3rd world, no thats just the life of us UK citizens

[@littlemonster9927]

👍

[@damirturakbayev5215]

I mean I am glad for them but isnt it overreaction? During the history of mankind so many nations were forced to leave their home. Even the people of Britain were forced too by vikings for example. I guess this happening because today world is american west centered.

[@tomsriver2838]

No. This is happening because all this happened not so long ago. People affected by these events are still alive. I bet if you could interview the British during vikings invasions, they would say the same thing as in this video.

[@chavamartinez3102]

Well I think that the reaction is because it's happening today. When the vikings forced the people of Britain to leave, we had no cameras to record their pain. Now we do. For example, many wars were as bad as WW2 but it was the first war to be fully recordered, therefore it was so shocking.

[@linkofvev]

Just look up Tyneham and Imber. Both seized by the military and forced the residents to leave for WW2 training purposes.

[@MegaPasca90]

How much have you been paid for this propaganda?? On this boat there’s only 6 members of the Chagossian community (for more sensationalism) and as a bias media you are still ignoring the voices of Chagossians who are against this trip!

[@9grand]

And also the Brits who are against this crime against humanity ( it works both sides , darling)

[@MegaPasca90]

@@9grand this cinema has less to do with humanity but more of a political move, humanity will say instead of disbursing money with this trip- feed the chagossians and give them proper housing, Agaleens needed a boat to get back home, why no boat available for them but for a trip no pb! Maybe the Brits will be more happy to hear about humanity in MRU!

[@Sumi_S]

They are overeating

[@gabriox2good]

bro for sure

[@the_philosopher_o_philosophos]

Purely out of greed.

[@arfgrogue5735]

@@the_philosopher_o_philosophos That's what most nations are like.

[@worshipthecreator9081]

Isn't everyone

[@mrnicewatch8877]

Island strictly off limits . 🤦🏿‍♂️anyway atleast Britain is tryna right their wrongs.

[@salystam5604]

God Save The Chagos

[@coranima5361]

an urnaigh gu Dia this is how we talk here we know who the stranger is and we worship GOD

[@juicedk00laid44]

watch out, the Chinese will come for it lol

[@jaredvaughan1665]

They should be given opportunities to purchase or rent housing to go back and allowed to work as laborers on the military base. Or on their own if they can. As opposed to the Philippine workers already there. But Mauritius has no claim on this island. There were no natives when the Europeans arrived. It is thousands of miles away from Mauritius and both were only artificially administered together by the British. Who legally combined and separated them as colonies. There are no actual Chagos natives. The people in this video are descendants of Africans sent to labor on British plantations. Nor did their ancestors own any of the property there. It is possible the bulk of their ancestors would have gradually left on their own out of boredom if given the chance. But we all have a grass is greener elsewhere mentality, including myself. And trust me if the British never allowed a military base to be built there and instead handed it over to Mauritius the grass would not have been greener.

[@Black69wolf41]

Stop writing non sense mate, united kingdom also wrote false History to buited thier empire, every ex colonial countries know that... even in the dark, god, never trust the british,