#chagos-islands

#chagos-islands

The granddaughter of one of those residents was in tears as she thought about her homeland's history when she landed at Heathrow. "My grandmother was a British Chagossian," said Rebecca Philippe. "Fifty years ago, she was uprooted from her island, and we have seen her suffering. By seeing her suffering, we suffered too, with her."

"The agreement appears to be at variance with the Chagossians' right to return," the UN experts wrote, emphasizing the cultural rights of the displaced people.