The Latest Breaking News from Diego Garcia

Then foreign secretary said in 2022 there was a ‘credible threat of mass suicide’ from group stuck on Diego Garcia

British territory’s commissioner withdraws decision after supreme court challenge

The former prime minister said Britain appeared to be ‘on the verge of a colossal mistake’ if it gives control of the islands to Mauritius.

Two people, from group rescued by Royal Navy and held on Diego Garcia, made offer while receiving medical attention in Rwanda

Britain is on the cusp of decolonising Mauritius – again. The first attempt at decolonisation took place in 1968 but went unfulfilled when London kept hold of an island group that had long been regarded as Mauritian territory: the Chagos Archipelago.

UK government lawyers tell asylum seekers they can return to Sri Lanka or be removed to undisclosed country

MoD personnel escorted refugees away from Diego Garcia in boat with no record of having radio or lifesaving equipment, lawyers say

Two writers take on a tale of exile, personal tragedy and literary friendship in a stirring reimagining of the political novel

Group of Tamils has been held on the island, site of a secretive US military base, since October last year.

Right to license .io address being challenged on grounds Britain no longer has legitimate claim to Chagos Islands

On 15 February 2022 the Mauritian flag was raised on two Indian Ocean atolls, Peros Banos and Salomon, both belonging to the Chagos archipelago. This was the first time that Mauritius’ flag was raised in the Chagos Islands, even though there is clear evidence that these 60 islands form part…