Three MPs, all members of the Chagos Islands All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), have completed a UK government supported trip to the Chagos Islands. MPs Catherine West, Daniel Kawczynski and the group's Chairperson Andrew Rosindell joined the four-day trip, which was reportedly organised at late notice.They visited Diego Garcia and other formerly populated islands including Peros Banhos. Catherine West, a long-term supporter of the Chagossian cause who formerly served as a

UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson answered a question in Parliament about the government's treatment of the Chagossian people this week, pledging to be "as humane as we can possibly be" and recognising their "justified complaints." He was speaking in response to a question from Labour MP Catherine West, a former shadow Foreign Minister and member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Chagos Islands. Her question was "Will the Foreign Office review its current position

Labour’s Shadow Foreign Minister Catherine West today (12th April) spoke up to back Chagossian return to their homeland, as party leader Jeremy Corbyn and Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn watched on. This is the most direct indication yet that the Labour Party will back Chagossians’ ambitions to begin resettlement of their homeland as soon as possible. The full written record of the questions can be read here. “Will the Foreign and Commonwealth Office invest the money to recogn