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Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

UK drops plans to hand Chagos Islands back to Mauritius

www.telegraph.co.uk

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UK drops plans to hand Chagos Islands back to Mauritius

www.telegraph.co.uk

Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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Grant Shapps intends to scrap the Foreign Office’s ‘Cyprus-style’ deal to end British ownership of the islands

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagos_Archipelago_sovereignty_dispute

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    A diplomatic cable from 2009 published by WikiLeaks quotes Colin Roberts saying “We do not regret the removal of the population” and explains the plan to declare it a marine reserve (which they subsequently did) so that “former inhabitants would find it difficult, if not impossible, to pursue their claim for resettlement on the islands”.

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      Unlike true marine reserves, the area is heavily polluted by the nearby military base, which is exempt from all restrictions imposed on the area.

      A reserve in name only. How did this bullshit pass?

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        $$$->£££

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          naturally

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      Ecofascism in action

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