The U.K. expelled the residents of the Indian Ocean islands and allowed the U.S. to build a military base. The U.N. Court says it must cede control of the islands 'as rapidly as possibly.'
Islanders Pushed Out For U.S. Base Hope For End To 40-Year Exile The U.K. evicted some 2,000 people from the islands, The Associated Press reported, by either forcibly removing them or not allowing them to return."They shipped the Chagossian people more than a thousand miles away to Mauritius, a former British colony, where the people lived in abject poverty," Shapiro added.
In 1968, Mauritius gained its independence from the U.K. Tiny Marshall Islands Taking On 3 World Nuclear Powers In Court Outside The Hague today, a Chagossian who was forced out as a child expressed hope."Oh, I feel so happy today because it's a big victory against injustice done by the British government for many years," Olivier Bancoult told the AP. The court's opinion is directed at all U.N. member states, not just the U.K.
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