UK-Mauritius Chagos sovereignty deal stalls amid fears of further delays

OK SO THIS IS MY WHOLE PERSONALITY TODAY THE UK AND MAURITIUS ARE IN TALKS WITH THE US TO FIND A WAY FORWARD ON A STALLED SOVEREIGNTY DEAL FOR THE CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO AND THE THING IS BRITAIN AND MAURITIUS ALREADY SIGNED A TREATY IN MAY 2025 TO TRANSFER SOVEREIGNTY AND ALLOW RESETTLEMENT WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE DECADES AGO BETWEEN 1968 AND 1973 BRITAIN REMOVED AN ESTIMATED FOURTEEN HUNDRED TO SEVENTEEN HUNDRED CHAGOSSIANS TO SET UP A MILITARY BASE ON DIEGO GARCIA WITH THE US AND NOW THE TREATY HAS STILL NOT ENTERED INTO FORCE BECAUSE UK LEGISLATION STALLED AND DONALD TRUMP CRITICISED IT CALLING IT AN ACT OF GREAT STUPIDITY SO NOW AGING DISPLACED CHAGOSSIANS ARE TERRIFIED TIME IS RUNNING OUT BEFORE THEY EVER RETURN TO THEIR HOMELAND.

TBH THIS ONE IS WILD BECAUSE AT ONE FUNERAL THEY LITERALLY SCATTERED SAND FROM CHAGOS INTO AN ELDER'S TOMB BECAUSE HE DIED WITHOUT EVER BEING ALLOWED BACK TO HIS HOMELAND AND THE THING IS THE UK AND MAURITIUS ACTUALLY SIGNED A TREATY IN MAY 2025 TO HAND OVER SOVEREIGNTY AND ALLOW RESETTLEMENT WHILE LEAVING THE DIEGO GARCIA MILITARY BASE TO THE UK FOR NINETY-NINE YEARS WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE UK LEGISLATION FAILED TO PASS BEFORE PARLIAMENT ENDED ITS SESSION IN APRIL AND DONALD TRUMP CRITICISED THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT AS AN ACT OF GREAT STUPIDITY SO NOW THE DEAL HAS COMPLETELY STALLED WHILE BRITISH AND MAURITIAN LEADERS PURSUE RENEWED TALKS TO FIND A WAY FORWARD WITH WASHINGTON BUT AGING DISPLACED CHAGOSSIANS ARE TERRIFIED TIME IS RUNNING OUT BEFORE THEY EVER RETURN.

Implementation of the UK-Mauritius treaty over Chagos sovereignty and resettlement remains stalled following British legislative delays and criticism from Donald Trump.

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