Kevin Schofield is Politics Editor of HuffPost UK.
A furious row has erupted after the government announced that it has given up sovereignty over the Chagos Islands after more than 50 years.The islands are strategically significant because of their location in the Indian Ocean and contain a UK-US military base at Diego Garcia .
Chagossians were forced to leave the central Indian Ocean territory by 1973 to make way for the military base at Diego Garcia. “Today’s agreement secures this vital military base for the future. It will strengthen our role in safeguarding global security, shut down any possibility of the Indian Ocean being used as a dangerous illegal migration route to the UK, as well as guaranteeing our long-term relationship with Mauritius, a close Commonwealth partner.”
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