Families exiled from the Chagos islands in the 1960s and 70s to make way for a US Indian Ocean airbase have won a new victory in their long fight to return...
But the government was given permission to appeal, and the islanders must also overcome UK and US residence vetoes...
Some 2,000 residents of the British territory - who mainly worked on coconut plantations - were removed when Britain leased Diego Garcia to the US to use as a military base...
The US says it opposes any return on security grounds.
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Chagos
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