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Eviction from the Chagos Islands
This book represents the first joint effort to document the historical background of the eviction (late 1960s, early 1970s) of the Chagosssians from the Chagos archipelago when the main island became an US-military base. It documents their eviction, resettlement, livelihoods, legal struggles and future aspirations.
Chagos Islanders in Mauritius and the UK
The Chagos islanders were forcibly uprooted from the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean between 1965 and 1973. This is the first book to compare the experiences of displaced Chagos islanders in Mauritius with the experiences of those Chagossians who have moved to the UK since 2002. It thus provides a unique ethnographic comparative study of forced displacement and onward migration within the living memory of one community. Based on in-depth ethnographic fieldwork in Mauritius and Crawley (West Sussex), the six chapters explore Chagossians’ challenging lives in Mauritius, the mobilisation of the community, reformulations of the homeland, the politics of culture in exile, onward migratio...
Homeland
The British Indian Ocean Territory's (BIOT) establishment in the 1960s exemplifies the UK's efforts to maintain global standing through imperial possessions. The colonised people of these islands, the Chagossians, were swiftly expelled, their interests subordinated to those of the imperial whole. This article re-evaluates the Chagossians' legal resistance to their treatment, drawing upon archival releases which shed light on the earliest stages of their litigation. We contend that private law rights of exclusion have underpinned the UK Government's approach to the saga, as they have done for colonised peoples in the past, including the Banabans on Ocean Island. These underpinnings have ensur...
Orphans of the World
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The Chagos Betrayal
During the cold war, the US government sought to establish an overseas military presence in the Indian Ocean. This graphic novel is a shocking account of British complicity in the forced exodus of the Chagos Islanders from their homeland to make that plan possible.
Island of Shame
David Vine recounts how the British & US governments created the Diego Garcia base, making the native Chagossians homeless in the process. He details the strategic significance of this remote location & also describes recent efforts by the exiles to regain their territory.
"That's when the Nightmare Started"
Over 50 years ago, the governments of the United Kingdom and United States forcibly displaced an entire Indigenous people, the Chagossians, from the Chagos islands in the Indian Ocean so the US could build a military base on Diego Garcia. The UK kept control of the Chagos Archipelago, now its last colony in Africa, and, with the support and assistance of the US, has prevented the Chagossians from returning to their homeland to live. This report is based on interviews with Chagossians in Mauritius, the Seychelles, and the UK, government officials and experts, and on legal and other documents. It details the forced displacement of the Chagossians, the prevention of their return, and their pers...
