Chagossians lose UK Court challenge
The UK Divisional Court last week found against the Chagossians’ challenge to the UK government’s 2016 decision to refuse to support or permit the resettlement of their Chagos Islands homeland. The case, brought by Chagos Refugees Group leader Olivier Bancoult and fellow native-born Chagossian Solange Horeau, challenged the legality of the government’s decision on a number of grounds. In particular, the challenge was made to the lawfulness of the failure to permit resettlemen