Former Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam launched a legal battle to win back the territory after a US cable was released by WikiLeaks in 2010, in which a Foreign Office official labelled Chagossians fighting for a right of return as “Man Fridays”. ufabet

In the early 1970s, it evicted about 1,500 residents to Mauritius and the Seychelles to make way for an airbase on the largest island, Diego Garcia, which it had leased to the US in 1966 in return for a $14m discount on Polarismissiles. ufabet

Today’s agreement secures this vital military base for the future. It will strengthen our role in safeguarding global security, shut down any possibility of the Indian Ocean being used as a dangerous illegal migration route to the UK, as well as guaranteeing our long-term relationship with Mauritius. ufabet