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And "recent" here doesn't only mean "the 1970s". TIL: "In 2016, the British government denied the right of the Chagossians to return to the islands after a 45-year legal dispute". [1]

Also, in 2009 an attempt was made to prevent resettlement by declaring the area a marine reserve. [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagossians#Court_battle

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depopulation_of_Chagossians_fr...

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Sounds like the UK has effectively given away the atoll to the US. The US is not going to pack up their very important torture base just because the UK asks them to. Denying the islanders permission to return is just a face-saving move to avoid admitting that the UK no longer controls the territory.

I think of this everytime I see .io domains :/ It's a very sad story.

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