the island where most Chagossians lived, could serve as the location for a United States military base. Today, no Chagossians are allowed to live on...

remaining Chagossians on the Peros Banhos atoll. The inhabitants, known at the time as the Ilois, are today known as Chagos Islanders or Chagossians. Chagossians...

French-based creole that was still spoken in 1994 by the 1,800 or so Chagossians, the former inhabitants of the Chagos Archipelago evicted in the early...

figures). The forced removal of Chagossians from the Chagos Archipelago occurred between 1968 and 1973. The Chagossians, then numbering about 2,000 people...

out the right of return of the Chagossians to that specific island. The deal has come under criticism as Chagossians were not involved in the negotiations...

airbase (see depopulation of Chagossians from the Chagos Archipelago). The film contains a series of interviews with Chagossians, who have been deprived of...

both on the western rim of the reef. There were smaller settlements of Chagossians in Fouquet (0.45 km2, 0.17 sq mi) and Takamaka (0.48 km2, 0.19 sq mi)...

sovereignty and administered from the colony of Mauritius. Like most Chagossians, she is a descendant of slaves brought to Chagos from the African coast...

play-off between the hosts and the Chagossians. However, just before the tie was due to take place, the Chagossians were forced to withdraw. This did not...

hundreds. The eventual number of Chagossians numbered around 1,000. Regardless of the size of the population, the Chagossians had to be removed from the island...

the British government's expulsion of the Chagossians. The entire population of approximately 1,600 Chagossians were removed from 1967 to 27 April 1973...

Bancoult is an electrician and an advocate for the juridical right of the Chagossians to return from Mauritius to their original homeland. He has been involved...

the government to allow Chagossian participation to the talks. Some Chagossians are advocating for a referendum of Chagossians to determine the future...

principally the Chagossians and their supporters, to whom it was directed"; Bingham saw the ordinary meaning as being that the Chagossians would be allowed...

Manchester International Festival, where she worked on a project entitled Chagossians in Manchester. She has also worked as a Young Decision Maker for the...

from 1969 to 1973. Greatbatch oversaw the forced deportation of the Chagossians between 1968 and 1973. He and his subordinate, John Rawling Todd, were...

Mauritian and British painter of Chagossian origin. He is known for his paintings depicting the daily life of the Chagossians before their exile. Clément Siatous...

Works Department In 1971, the local population of Diego Garcia, the Chagossians, was forcibly expelled from the island to make way for the base. The...

to the Expulsion of the Chagossians, there are no Chagossians living on the Chagos Archipelago. The majority of Chagossians now live in the United Kingdom...

In 1970, she was forced to leave Chagos during the expulsion of the Chagossians from the archipelago, as the United Kingdom pursued the construction...

Mauritius, with origins in the Chagos Archipelago. It is sung in the Chagossian creole language of the islands. Chagos is part of the British Indian Ocean...

and argued that consequently, the profits could not be shared with the Chagossians, the former inhabitants forcibly removed by the British government. Kane...

Earlier in his career he was involved in the forced deportation of the Chagossians. Todd was born on 15 February 1929 to William Rawling Todd and Isabella...

archipelago. In 2016, the Chagossian population was estimated at 8,700 in Mauritius, including 483 natives; 350 Chagossians live in the Seychelles, including...

Agaléans and Chagossians are usually incorporated within this ethnic group. Mauritian Creoles along with their Rodriguais, Agaléan and Chagossian counterparts...

that the MPA was not compatible with the rights of the Chagossians. The original Chagossians were deported from the largest island, Diego Garcia, 40...

Mauritius race riots Excision of the Chagos Archipelago Expulsion of the Chagossians 1968 Mauritian riots Independence of Mauritius Independence (1968) Mauritius...

inadmissibility decision. The court, by a majority, ruled that as the Chagossians had accepted compensation from the United Kingdom government they had...

Dougla, Caribbean people who are of mixed African and Indian descent Chagossians, people of African, Malagasy and Indian ancestry who formerly lived in...

inhabited in the second half of the 20th century, at the time that the Chagossians or Ilois were evicted from the Chagos. In 1972–73 there was an underwater...