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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Katie McQue

Migrant workers ‘fear for their safety’ after deaths on Diego Garcia

Relemay Fabula Gan (left) and Saddam Ali (right), the KBR workers who died at the US base on Diego Garcia.
Relemay Fabula Gan (left) and Saddam Ali (right), the KBR workers who died at the US base on Diego Garcia. Photograph: Handout

Migrant workers employed by the US defence contractor KBR on the British-owned island of Diego Garcia have expressed concerns for their safety after the recent deaths of two of their colleagues, the Observer has learned.

The most recent death on Diego Garcia, which is host to a strategic American military base in the British Indian Ocean Territory, came on 5 January. Relemay Fabula Gan, 41, from the Philippines, died after suffering a collapsed lung following several weeks of illness after a Covid diagnosis, her family said.

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