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UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination urges Britain and Mauritius not to ratify Chagos deal (LINK) 8 December 2025

— "It risks perpetuating long-standing violations of Chagossians' rights." The deal, struck in May after years of talks, passes sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius while allowing Britain to retain control of the US-UK air base on the largest island, Diego Garcia, under a long-term lease. Up to 2,000 Chagossians were forcibly removed from the archipelago in the 1960s and 1970s. Many ended up in Britain, and some have sought the right to return. Committee said it was concerned that the deal "explicitly prevents the return of the Chagossian people to their ancestral lands in Diego Garcia Island".