[The Guardian] Forced into exile: the Chagossians scattered in Mauritius and Britain

Forced into exile: the Chagossians scattered in Mauritius and Britain

More than half a century after all of its inhabitants were forced out, the UK is relinquishing sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a remote but strategically important Indian Ocean archipelago. After years of protest over a displacement described as a crime against humanity, the UK will cede the islands to Mauritius. Here are some of the exiled Chagossians uprooted to Mauritius and the UK, photographed over several years by Morgan Fache

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