"Maintaining the Fiction"

The rightful residents of Chagos are not to be allowed to return. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has decided to legislate against it , despite a clear ruling from the High Court in November 2000 that the Chagossians had a lawful right to return, without conditions. The previous position of the UK government was that the Chagossians could not return without a permit - and even those who were allowed to return were barred from civilian employment . Now, the UK government (in the person of Bill Rammell, Foreign Office minister) claims that, although Chagossians have the right to return, they cannot permit it because "feasibility studies" show that it would not be sustainable for them to return.

Staring blankly at the screen? Yeah, well, the plight of Chagossians cleansed from their land has not exactly been at the top of the news agenda these past thirty-odd years. So, let me fill in the blanks.....

Link to rest of the article:  http://www.newsnow.co.uk/cgi/NGoto/63740656?-573