Taking back the Chagos Islands from the British: 'they uprooted us from our beautiful life'

[@9grand]

Shame to the U.S and the u.k

[@Callummullans]

Dirty world 😔 it’s really disgusting that we are taught about how this is all wrong in history lessons and that we learned from our misdeeds yet it’s still going on

[@acceleratedsloth]

And even worse that you have not read a single sentence about the history of the islands. It was first inhabited by Europeans!

[@samna789]

@@acceleratedsloth Was India / South Africa (amongst many many countries) inhabited by the Europeans? Is that why they were colonised? How far do you want to go back in history? If we go by your logic, the first inhabitants on earth were black 🤷🏻‍♀️. The first inhabitant of Great Britian according to scientific facts was black...just look up the ' Cheddar Man'.

[@tucolalo8251]

It's not their land, bot. They are Africans. And that's where they belong.

[@GammaFZ]

@@samna789 there were no indigenous humans in the chagos archipelago. The population were african slaves, they were left to freedom since the late 1700s. They deserve to live there for sure.

[@covfefe1787]

@@samna789 that was admitted to be false by the way they acknowledged it was motivated by political ideology the cheddar man wasn’t black.

[@Tianaowusu]

I really want to visit my grandma is from here but she had to leave to Mauritius when she was only 3 years old it’s not fair at all that they took her home!!!!!!

[@frankmatthews8465]

What color is your grandma

[@tyardovdabulldht2340]

Thank goodness these beautiful people got their land back! I'm an African American how nice it would be to visit this enchanted land.

[@rodrozil6544]

Don't be so quick. It feels fishy. Colonizers trying to give up territory. Sounds fishy.

[@acceleratedsloth]

How is this their land? The African Americans were not the first people to live there, the Europeans were!

[@moxman3089]

You are not African American you are indigenous American don’t you see black are indegenous to the Americas and the pacific

[@tyardovdabulldht2340]

@@moxman3089 Excuse YOU. Unless you are a board certified geneticist whom has tested my DNA You speak for yourself!

[@Baraz_Red]

@@acceleratedsloth In terms of History, if one does the math, people had been living on the Chagos islands (about 60 islands) for approximately 200 years before they were forcibly all moved to Mauritius in 1967 and the islands were taken over to build a British and American military base. The first settlements started between 1770 and 1793, by various companies that received permits from France. We can deduce that the locals were workers who decided to remain there. NO MATTER their origins, they lived there for around 200 years before... Legally speaking, it does not matter if their origin was African, European, etc. // As for Mauritians, they are considered African and their language is a mix of African, French, etc. Historians are not certain who first settled on Mauritius: it is believed it may have been the famous Phoenician merchants.

[@pabloalvez915]

Beautiful islands and lovely people. Much love 🇺🇾❤️

[@luciano2003.]

Malvinas Argentinas 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@ZRHTrainspotter]

@@luciano2003. siii 👍

[@handledav]

🇲🇺

[@Tianaowusu]

🇲🇺

[@JDMJOE]

@@luciano2003.Dream on.

[@hotcosby4249]

As a mauritian, I have to say it is shocking to see the guardian reporting about this.we are actually making progress.

[@pesca_chen]

I hope they will be able to live there soon

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Probably not. No benefits . No free houses. etc.

[@chngcheehwee5433]

Us bases still there ?

[@salwa8141]

I read about the Chagossians in John Pilgers book - Freedom Next Time - it makes me sick to my stomach. It’s 2022 how can this still not be resolved . The pain caused by white colonialists overwhelms me.

[@neo4reo]

Well worth watching John Pilger's film 'Stealing a Nation' if you haven't already.

[@NN-kf7qo]

Unnecessary to drag skin color into this. Neither was that stuff colonialism; it was taken for strategic military reasons. I'm not justifying it, but we better don't condemn stuff for the wrong reasons.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

The islands were uninhabited when first discovered !!! There are NO native Chagossians .!! Try to do some research..!

[@hassamneetoo956]

@@2msvalkyrie529 But there were those people there when they got forcibly evicted by the US and the UK. So there was no justification for that coup by the anglo-american colonialists. Mauritius had already gained its independence before that so the archipelago belonged to it.

[@lifewithme2097]

Watch the testimonies of the Chagos natives and how they were banished from their own land. They expressed their utmost pain, long night cries and the lost of their entire life. Thank you to the Guardian for bringing this to the world and to all those who claim they ‘know’ the history, please get lost. We don’t need you to help our Chagos brothers and sisters. Chagos belong to its people.

[@gojimovedchannel1478]

The people want to be British and have British passports. They were treated horribly by the Mauritius government.

[@dvidclapperton]

@@gojimovedchannel1478 Do they? You pandering to the far right wing rhetoric I see. Brutal Uk occupation was forced on the Chagos through no choice of their own. That's no proof they ever wanted to be British.

[@dvidclapperton]

@cheeky chops 1 Yes it's a disgrace, very despicable what has gone on in Chagos and many other UK occupied territory in conjunction with the US for strategic military purposes and other varioua purposes. The Chagos first ministera or governors are/were brutal right wing dictators.

[@CoCo-yv3hl]

Imagine your land being stolen, then told you have to prove you lived there, now you owe the their smh these ppl are the worst.

[@ptb2008]

There were no people ever living on the islands until the French put slaves on there in the 18th century. Great Britain then gained the islands after defeating Napoleon.

[@justinus8608]

​@@ptb2008why does that matter?

[@hassamneetoo956]

Western colonialist and imperialist pillagers with a disease.

[@bikashboruah513]

this is not possible without india and indian anti colonial policy to the world 🎉🎉🎉congratulations mauritius 🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺

[@Jason-Peters]

Shame on the UK, but I for one am happy to return the islands, with apologies. 💛

[@csm2455]

You know if UK return the island, it’s ownership will pass to the Mauritius government. The ‘Chagossians’ have no rights to any of it, they were temporary workers.

[@lloydmeadows3471]

@@csm2455 the Mauritians will sell out the Chagossians as soon as they get the islands back. The majority of Chagossians want to stay British.

[@acceleratedsloth]

Return? How can you return something that never was part of Mauritius. The Europeans were the first to live on these islands

[@kieranspencer9442]

UK and US

[@Thrill_Hou]

@@csm2455 difference is the Mauritians won’t build a giant military base over their ancestors cemeteries.

[@jeffreyzain]

THIS IS VERY BEAUTIFUL! WISHING MORE ‘TAKE BACKS’ FROM FORMER COLONIAL EMPIRES IN YEARS TO COME! 🔥🔥🔥

[@banditeastlick2471]

There is momentum in the right way, they will not lose

[@dianamincher6479]

The forcible removal of the Chagossian people was and is a crime! The resettlement of the Chagossian people on the Chagos islands without prior meaningful consultation is insensitive, unfair and unjust!

[@andymurday4538]

They have every right to return home. The UK and the USA should give the lands back to the Chagossian people.

[@acceleratedsloth]

Why back? The Mauritians came to the islands after Europeans, not the other way round

[@iseeyou2810]

@@acceleratedsloth just like America and Canada right? Before the European other lands were uninhabited? You need to take your blinders of.

[@callumcoyne5850]

It was inhabited islands so how's that also isnit right there slaughtering innocent white people too the hidr that from the news tho

[@tucolalo8251]

@@iseeyou2810 Is your tiny IQ rambling supposed to make sense?

[@weirdguy9209]

THIS IS EXACTLY WHY I KEEP SAYING I TRUST THE GUARDIAN THE GUARDIAN ALWAYS BRINGS TO LIGHT WHAT NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT. THANKS, GUARDIAN. NOT ME, YOU ARE MY GUARDIAN YOU GUIDE ME. THANKS GUARDIAN, PLEASURE BEING THIS.

[@The_General_Owl]

Huh?

[@MassachusettsTrainVideos1136]

@@The_General_Owlikr

[@ruscell776]

I was deeply saddened to read the story of the Chagosians who were forcibly removed from the archipelago. Their plight resulting from British betrayal of its own citizens was highlighted in John Pilger's "Stealing a nation".

[@placidpawan16]

India supports freedom of Chagos Island from British occupation. It is the Mauritiuan territory and British must remove their illegal occupation. Keep it up guys ☺️.

[@acceleratedsloth]

How can it be Mauritian when it never was ruled by Mauritius in the history. The first people to live on the island were Europeans!

[@placidpawan16]

@@acceleratedsloth Very weak understanding of history.

[@indrajaya9585]

@@acceleratedsloth All people came from Africa

[@greenplanet7767]

Free Kashmir from indian occupation

[@placidpawan16]

@@greenplanet7767 India hasn't occupied Kashmir. Kashmir Became a part of Indian Union in Oct. 1947 with its own will. And one thing You must make it sure that Kashmir is, was and will always be an inalienable part of Indian Union.

[@pixelpotato4874]

I love British people...but the British Government can go and take a leap

[@SkySouthern273]

Agreed I’m British and what our government is doing is a crime

[@yannickm6292]

The British population votes for the Government. What does it say about the population British population itself?

[@pixelpotato4874]

@@yannickm6292 Who voted for Liz Truss?Rishi Sunak?The Tory Party.What does that say about the Tory Party?

[@berrymckockiner5883]

​@@yannickm6292nah that's not true, the government of the UK isn't like the US where one superhero can come in and save everyone

[@landshark9992]

@@yannickm6292are you politically constipated? Because anyone who had a working understanding of politics would understand that in MOST CASES, the government is not “us”

[@rajeshnavghare5489]

Victory of humanity

[@TheB657]

0:02 - 🙏🙇 This sort of respect to one's Motherland is very reminiscent of our Bharatiya (Indian) culture to show respect. Loved it and the meaning is very deep for the gesture. Best wishes to Chagos islanders for getting back to their roots and claiming the archipelago from colonials.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

When can we get Britain back..???

[@BigWojS]

"They do believe in the law" Alexander Boris dePfeffel Johnson: "Hold my suitcase of wine"

[@willienelsongonzalez4609]

Seems incredibly petty and pathetic that the US/UK blocked internet access.

[@scallamander4899]

Respect the islanders for seeing the difference between the UK government and British people. Ordinary Brits would have given the islanders back their homes.

[@tammiebroggins]

To bad Native American people can't get our land back from the invader in our country.

[@oscarosullivan4513]

I agree but is it at the point of no return

[@MFC343]

@@oscarosullivan4513 too bad the native English can't get Luton and Bradford back!

[@samanth.]

You can just start a war & fight guerrilla tactics

[@swaet8671]

@@samanth. unfortunately the natives are heavily outnumbered. Even if African Americans, Pacific Islanders in the US, hispanics and every other ethnic minority joined forces with Native Americans they’d still be at a disadvantage

[@beyourself2444]

@@MFC343 Think of it as reparations.

[@Eiramaman121]

Beautiful video, beautiful chogossian people, fighting for their mother land ❤️❤️❤️

[@thecryingdutchman8922]

Get it back!

[@अग्निमित्र-द8स]

Thank the British who civilized the world

[@UltraMaccabi_Natzis]

I just don't understand why they uprooted people across the lands they had invaded.. that's beyond our imaginations as a human being

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

Don't worry, the US will give the UK permission to give the islands back to their rightful owners when the replacement for the Diego Garcia US military base is found in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in Australian territory (otherwise known as the US's extra territory).

[@Dad-lu1oi]

Murica 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 💪 🍺 💣 🔫

[@gojimovedchannel1478]

The people want to be British and want to have British passports. They were treated horribly by the Mauritius government.

[@gojimovedchannel1478]

Look into it

[@danielupcott5439]

You cannot speak of the British and American doings on islands, when Australia has MULTIPLE islands hundreds of miles from Australia under Australian control, that would make you a hypocrite

[@gojimovedchannel1478]

@@danielupcott5439 self determination. Besides British Indian ocean territory no other British territories want independence. In fact some people who lived in what is now British Indian ocean territory actually want to be British and have a British passport due to how they were treated on the island they were moved to.

[@andyplus1352]

I congratulate the people of Chagos

[@CoCo-yv3hl]

TAKE your land back ❤

[@sunrise2sunset515]

How wonderful

[@Islasmalvinasargentinaslibres]

felicidades hermanos de Mauricio.

[@JohnScutter-s5j]

7 Dec 2022 - Chagossians have never been consulted at any stage and Chagossians were never represented, either at the International Court or before.

[@tarigabuaker5681]

What about Diego Garcia !!! 😡

[@coachgomes4232]

This needs to be fixed asap

[@sanjaypriyadarshi]

Even the ICJ ruling has no means unless its endorsed by UNSC

[@saeedjaava5814]

It's belongs to maldives 🇲🇻 since centuries

[@apolakigamingandmore6376]

United Kingdom sucks, and everytime they do decolonizing, it sucks. Look at what happened in Hong Kong, Singapore, Sabah, and Indian subcontinent, might as well in the Levant region in the Middle East.

[@usamabhatti903]

That's what they did to Palestinians

[@ahmedisham2776]

A part of Maldives chagos.. In foalhavahi.

[@emiriebois2428]

Too bad for you the UN declared it is part of Mauritius

[@lhilgold5769]

And now they have time 🎉🤗

[@jamesayya7836]

The truth is chagos is a part of maldives not Mauritius.

[@michaelpungwe7593]

This land belongs to chagossians as much as Ukraine 🇺🇦 belongs to Ukrainians. Same issue two different medias cover. Quite Impressed the guardian revealed stuff like this 👏

[@walterhunter3353]

Nawl stick to the facts

[@tigressnsnow]

For what reason did the British force these inhabitants to leave their island home?

[@Enrico-]

To build a military base, as the video said.

[@emiriebois2428]

To give to the U.S a military base in order protect world freedom ( western supremacy)

[@ABO-Destiny]

Whom did they uproot themselves. I have had enough of rights of human beings who fail to behave like human beings

[@koosmohamud6554]

Why they call refugee those who belong the islands

[@Koshy210]

The chagossians have a right to return

[@Paulo-ov4yo]

They were given back, not taken

[@hassenjeeyearoo5102]

Imagine what Israel is doing to Palestinians

[@amitm1993]

People should not make any big construction here. They can create tourism industry and bring people to watch the beauty and take back to other places. Wherever humans start living the beauty of those places disappears

[@christjo4440]

The Downfall of Olivier was to miss represent the chagos island by a Maritian Flag. This was a very misleading move that eventually was undone by the Chagossian in the UK

[@ballpython001]

If you are a Portuguese Indian then you partly belong there

[@sanjugeorge2786]

Chagos islands dispute put to vote to inhabitants and in ai a virtual environment with constructions in chagos as their dreams are based on majority

[@HowitzerBlitzer]

Its about time the Spanish gave back the Canary Islands to the indigenous population of Amazigh from North Africa.

[@Pebb5]

They were paid to leave

[@CB-fz3li]

Let's be honest, there is not going to be a happy homecoming. Even if the British permit the community to return very few will, especially those living in the UK. The option for the islands is either to remain a military base for the UK/US, get handed to Mauritius who will lease it out as a military base to the US or India or get handed to Mauritius who will turn it into a playground for the world's billionaires. Potentially in the last scenario the ejected inhabitants could get work serving cocktails and cleaning up after the world's elite.

[@caju3094]

Worldle brought me here

[@redademe]

These guys' DNA points to Bantu people of southern Africa, they were just moved there by the British as indentured servants. The islands are closer to the Maldives than to any other point in Africa.

[@shawnizin]

I'm trying to figure out the point of this ☝️. Those people adapted to living there that is there homeland.

[@jamesayya7836]

yes dear it is a part of maldives not Mauritius

[@emiriebois2428]

@@jamesayya7836 Too bad for you the U.N sans that is part of Mauritius no matter it is closer to the Maldives. Lol

[@chimchim8078]

As a Maldivian historically we have references to visiting the islands from hundreds of years ago and have our own given name to the island as one of ours and a sultan having some sort of territorial authority over there before inhabitation it wasn’t used as a place of habitation but usually a point that people crossed over when fishing and such I’m not sure at what point did we lose the territory but it’s a part of our ancient history

[@chimchim8078]

However the fact that there were later inhabitants and now generations have passed and they see it as their forefathers land is valid in my opinion since they have built their own culture and society there and it is therefore their home and they don’t belong nowhere else so it is their right now to be free of any other extra authorities belonging to neither Mauritius or maldives especially after all they have gone through being stripped of humanity because of the British and the US

[@samonnchhay]

So beautiful

[@justinlucas]

It's black people who from Africa

[@Arrows_Driftwood]

Viva Palestine

[@Gypsygeekfreak17]

lol no

[@RamKrishna-hf6dd]

What else do you expect from these Anglo Saxon/Viking Plunderers and Pillagers

[@UltraMaccabi_Natzis]

Make it Native Again

[@Ati-Maharathi]

Congrats to Mauritius. Colonial criminals lost.

[@Gypsygeekfreak17]

Islam are criminals

[@robdass137]

I believe the British government is still claiming their sovereignty over the chagos, though the world is voicing quite clearly, along with International law Courts, that sovereignty over the Chagos belongs n has always been Mauritians. The British hypocrisy is blatant here, when it comes to respect, dignity, human n civil rights of every human beings. The British government isn't necessarily the voice of its citizens. It has to be noted here, tht recently a British MP has claimed in Parliament, tht his chagossians constituents have voiced against the expedition and the Mauritian flag planted on the island. British media hasn't verified so far as it appears, the veracity of his claim. The Chagos is still a brushed under the carpet issue fr British media n fr both Conservative and Labour MP's. The British media appears very quiet about the issue since its illegal, controversial take over by the British government, apparently fr communication purposes n turned into a military base. In saying tht, I feel the government of Mauritius should have had a very transparent understanding with all concerned about the real intention of the expedition n its purposes. The expedition should have being led by senior government officials, along with the residents of Chagos, n World media, to reclaim, Mauritius sovereignty, or making known to whoever, officially that Chagos has along been Mauritian.

[@gojimovedchannel1478]

The people want to be British and want to have British passports. They were treated horribly by the Mauritius government.

[@emiriebois2428]

Western hypocrisy at its best

[@bonxrmnnpm5505]

Britan is soooooo far away from where this Island is, what rights they have to evacuate others. Britan should pay forever and reconstruct the island.

[@tucolalo8251]

More than africans that are trying to steal it.

[@gojimovedchannel1478]

The people want to be British and want to have British passports. They were treated horribly by the Mauritius government.

[@gojimovedchannel1478]

Why should we pay to reconstruct the island unless it was ours

[@bonxrmnnpm5505]

@@gojimovedchannel1478 Nice question. Then why it was occupied by you at the first place. If you haven't occupied, they might have been there to establish their own government and dealt with world recognition. Also, Wherever the imperialistic colonization happenend, the nativ wealth, education, culture has been ripped off. So it is natural for anyone to ask for repatriation.

[@alexanderfoster3628]

@@bonxrmnnpm5505 The Chagos Archipelago was unpopulated and claimed by no one when the European's discovered it. Nothing wrong with colonisation of uninhabited places.

[@syedmaricar9946]

Chagos ,garcia peninsula belongs to people who lived init.

[@onceinafricatravel]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@CD-pm9kc]

For the record when the Portuguese discovered the Island there was zero human activity there. The first humans living there were Portuguese, French and British, later they imported workers from Africa.

[@dianamincher6479]

The workers were enslaved!

[@yusufabdimohamed3101]

It’s Africa not Europe sorry

[@CD-pm9kc]

@@dianamincher6479 More like indentured servitude which was common all over the world.

[@viozone]

Incorrect

[@andyplus1352]

Morocco respect the rights of the Saharawi people. Western Sahara must be returned to the sovereign government of the Saharawi people.

[@kimberlysizemoremanor8712]

I have never looked on sand that white. South Carolina here. Our ocean's are dirty.

[@emiriebois2428]

You miss the point , the deportation of the Chagossians by the U.k to make room for a U.S base

[@echelon2k8]

@@emiriebois2428 They didn't miss the point, they're just making a side observation. That's allowed, you know.

[@emiriebois2428]

@@echelon2k8 If deportation is allowed by these so called démocraties ( U.K and and U.S ) there is no doubt it is allowed

[@woodpecker6452]

Rather British /American than Chinese

[@syckles]

When is Guardian going to "uproot" their story on J. K. Rowling winning their person of the year? 🤔

[@moneyandfood4758]

PRAY FOR PEACE! ♠️2050♠️ JOIN TEAM GLOBAL

[@Marabout75]

✊🏾🇲🇺

[@tucolalo8251]

lol black power couldn't charge your phone 1%

[@swaet8671]

@@tucolalo8251 without Africa you wouldn’t have a phone. Europe doesn’t have any natural resources & that’s why they exploit, colonise and try to take control of Africa. But continue being ignorant to the truth

[@HoleeCeet]

India loves Mauritius 🤞✌️🤘

[@julianpaulsowden259]

A abhorrent disgusting behaviour of the - Empire/Colonialist, which is a violation of - the living man, and living woman, within Common Law & Sacred Law.

[@mmcclean8791]

Gun beats spear

[@emiriebois2428]

A deportation

[@Kayytoofineee]

This is the future I want to co-create. I know there are more islands with a similar narrative. Let us restore our ancestors' lands continually.

[@davidmartin7931]

The expulsion of the people of the Chagos Archipelago is a war crime. Long live the people of Chagos Longue vie à nos amis de Chagos.

[@MassachusettsTrainVideos1136]

It's not a war crime if there was no war it's crimes against humanity though

[@davidmartin7931]

@@MassachusettsTrainVideos1136 Beyond words, we agree on the essentials.

[@MassachusettsTrainVideos1136]

@@davidmartin7931Yes we do agree

[@GetUnlabeled]

These "open loops" of karma completion will continue as long as humans have the moxie to stand up against the few that want us all as slaves. WE WILL TRIUMPH!

[@indigoclassic9894]

leave from UK and liaison with USA.

[@shadow-op7bc]

🇵🇱❤️

[@michael10662]

No more benefit

[@dropoutandretireearly1781]

PLEASE BUILD A HAWAII BAHAMAS TYPE RESORT HERE SO WE CAN ALL VISIT THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE !!!!! WE ALL WANT TO SEE THOSE AMAZING WATERS ABD BEACHES !!!!!

[@tomjeffersonwasright2288]

The last thing this beautiful place needs in an international resort, with all its destruction of nature, garbage, reef destruction, and marginalization of local people. Are you insane?

[@dropoutandretireearly1781]

@@tomjeffersonwasright2288 NO IM NOT INSANE !!!! LOL !!!!! RESORTS ARE NICE !!!! LOL !!!!!

[@tomjeffersonwasright2288]

@@dropoutandretireearly1781 Tell that to the Hawaiians in Lahaina. Tell that tho the Bahamians in Nassau. They will laugh at you and tell you you are nuts.

[@WeAreWatchingU]

How does Mauritius have a claim to the islands?

[@samanth.]

How does Britain have claim to the Island

[@WeAreWatchingU]

@@samanth. I'm asking a genuine question. Are you able to answer?

[@64SGH]

They don't, only people that have a claim would be people that where born there, but the islands would be still british overseas territory

[@ehjo4904]

Because it was part of Mauritius and the Brits did have the right to detach it proprio to Mauritian independence. Condamned by the U.N

[@MassachusettsTrainVideos1136]

@@samanth. It was uninhabited and discovered by the British

[@supriyonag5397]

it seems that so called GB has pooped everywhere..:D

[@ABSHARURASHEED]

diego garcia belongs to the MALDIVES 🇲🇻Not Mauritius.

[@ranjanbiswas3233]

UK should be ashamed of themselves.

[@Gypsygeekfreak17]

How’s about no

[@33jeci]

Las Malvinas son argentinas.

[@clementmariostlouis6686]

like Agalega , Chagos archipelego consists of flat sandy islands belonging to the state . By law , they are considered as squatters.

[@memofromessex]

It was uninhabited until the British got there - previously claimed by Portugal and France. They are the descendents of indentured servants moved there by their British. Nobody talks about this, because it'll weaken their claim. It was never an independent state or held by anyone but the British crown, briefly giving to the Mauritian crown colony before the US wanted it for a military base.

[@ruaribunn4636]

Also they were purchased!

[@rdooky]

It was part of british colony before independence.. As mauritius got independence they secretly capture diego garcia start forcing people to move and killing their pet dogs, stop food and water supply.. Do want to know more let me know..

[@vth6628]

I'm not going to argue with anyone, so spare your breath. I'm just posting this to inform passers-by of the facts about the Chagossians and their homeland. Yes, the islands were effectively uninhabited when the Portuguese, French and later the Brits came; and it is also true that Chagossians were descended from indentured servants of African descent. However, your comment neglects the fact that in 1967, the Brits literally removed every single Chagossian from the islands which they inhabit, under explicit threat of violence and starvation. The expulsed Chagossians were also prohibited from ever returning to the islands. I should add that international courts have recognized that the forcible expulsion of the Chagossians was completely illegal, and that the Brits have absolutely no legal sovereignty on the islands. As such, what the US and the Brits did, and are doing to the Chagossians, is criminal, unjust, unlawful, and completely indefensible. If you're willing to defend it, I implore you to consider if you would voice support for the complete purge of an entire people from their natove homeland, only to populate it with soldiers, and pollute it with toxic chemicals. Think about it, because that was what precisely happened here.

[@Enrico-]

@@vth6628 how many people were deported after WWII? Are we gonna give Prussia back to Germany?

[@covfefe1787]

@@vth6628 no Return to the French who originally owned it and populate with Frenchmen the true indigenous inhabitants of that island.

[@rodrozil6544]

Sounds fishy 🤔. Like a leopard letting deer go.

[@ryansmethurst4985]

LOL, these people can bite me. They're not native to this island.

[@nelsonkiiru7252]

Ur a jealous, malicious person!!

[@michael10662]

Never heard of it