Thanks as ever to David Snoxell, coordinator of the Chagos Islands All-Party Parliamentary Group, for the below summary of the group's latest meeting. Issues discussed include the recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict, future legal challenges and the government's response to renewed questioning. UK Chagos Support Association also extends our welcome to the three new members of the All-Party Group: Liberal Democrat Tom Brake, Labour MP John Groganm Conservative M

Last week the Chagos Islands All-Party Parliamentary Group released a statement calling for a compromise to end the fifty years of unjustifiable Chagossian exile. Below is the statement in full. The Chagos Islands (BIOT) All-Party Parliamentary Group held its tenth AGM and 69th meeting on 13 June 2018. The stated purpose of the Group, established in December 2008, is to help bring about a resolution of the issues concerning the future of the Chagos Islanders and the Chagos Is

Glasgow North MP Patrick Grady has asked the government for details of Chagossian involvement in environmental protection of their homeland. In response to a series of questions (full text at bottom of this article) from the SNP MP, Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan admitted only 8 Chagossians have taken part in environmental protection programmes since 2012. He added that none of these had taken place in 2018. The Minister suggested that the government "encourage scien