Exiled islanders to return home

THE people of the Chagos Islands, driven from their Indian Ocean paradise by the British government more than 40 years ago, may soon be able to return home after a stunning High Court victory yesterday.

Exiled islanders to return home

The court dismissed a Foreign Office appeal against their return, saying the right to go home was “one of the most fundamental liberties known to human beings”.

It also said it believed the government should not be allowed to appeal any longer, but left that decision up to the House of Lords — the country’s highest court.

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