Chagos exiles ‘cannot return’
Posted on October 26th, 2008
BBC News: 22 October 2008
Exiles of the Chagos Islands will not be able to return to their homeland, the House of Lords has ruled. … He added: “Our appeal to the House of Lords was not about what happened in the 1960s and 1970s. It was about decisions taken in the international context of 2004.” … The exiled residents had hoped that if the Law Lords ruling had gone in their favour, their heritage could be rebuilt around a new tourist industry. …
