Cash-strapped London borough issues warning over influx of homeless Chagos Islanders flying into Heathrow

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1. I might be missing something, but why are they leaving Mauritius over this deal?

2. The UK maintained possession of the Chagos Islands when Mauritius became independent in 1968 and in the early 1970s forcibly deported about 2,000 residents so that Diego Garcia, the largest island, could be leased to the US for an airbase

   After decades of negotiations, the UK is preparing to hand over the land to Mauritius. But the proposed deal has been criticised for having no real provision for the Chagossian people to return.
   In November 2022, the Government launched a new UK nationality route for those born on the British Indian Ocean Territory and their descendants. It allows them to become British citizens free of charge, with the right to live and work in the UK free of any immigration controls.

3. Don’t worry London, your leaders will be shipping them out to the regions as soon as they can.

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