A long-delayed decision on the Chagos Islands, a British Indian Ocean Territory, will be made before Christmas, Tobias Ellwood said. Thousands of the Chagossians, many living in the UK, have expressed a desire to return to their birthplace. But a mixture of cost, economic viability and continuing objections from the US military suggests the Foreign Office is leaning towards blocking their return. Facebook Twitter Pinterest A US air force B-1B bomber takes off from the Diego Garcia base in the Chagos Islands. Facebook Twitter Pinterest A group of exiled Chagossians pose for a photograph at the Royal Geographical Society in London in 2011.

Source: The Guardian October 26, 2016 13:43 UTC