Pipo wey dem root dey for Chagos Islands don dey para for UK goment, sey dem no involve dem for di negotiation wey go see UK commot dia hand for di Islands. Dis cluster of islands wey dey for Indian Ocean dey important strategically, and now matter don burst sey UK wan handover to Mauritius. But many Chagossians dey vex, sey dem no give dem space for negotiation.
Di Foreign Office dey yan sey dem carry di Chagossian community matter for head during di negotiation. But Diego Garcia, one of di biggest islands for di Chagos, go still dey serve as US-UK military base for 99 years with option to renew. Naim Mauritius go fit start resettlement for di oda parts of Chagos, but no be for Diego Garcia.
Pascalina Nellan, wey im grandmama na from dis island, dey call di whole deal “backstabbing” by UK goment. She talk sey indigenous pipo don dey refuse dia opportunity to follow for di negotiation. Di UK don dey face pressure from di international community, as di International Court of Justice don rule sey UK controlling di island dey illegal.
Frankie Bontemps and some oda Chagossians wey dey UK talk say dem feel “betrayed” and “angry,” as dem no involve dem for di matter. Dem dey call for full inclusion of Chagossians for di treaty drafting. Others like Steeve Bancal dey support Mauritius, sey dem fit do better than UK for resettlement plans.
Steeve Bancal, wey be trainee social worker for Sussex, dey hopeful sey him and him mama fit return to di Islands, sey na dream come true if dem fit return Diego Garcia. But he still dey criticize di negotiations sey everything happen “behind closed doors.” He talk sey dem no suppose sidelined dem like dat.
Di chairperson of Chagos Islanders Movement, Isabelle Charlot, talk say she dey happy sey di deal dey happen, as e dey help reclaim her identity and heritage wey dem don thief from her. Di deal dey receive mixed feelings as oda Conservative members dey worry sey China fit gain military foothold for di Indian Ocean if Mauritius take over.
Human Rights Watch dey call for Chagossians make dem dey consulted for di deal as dem dey ban dem enter Diego Garcia. Clive Baldwin, wey dey among di group, talk sey di UK, US, and Mauritius suppose dey responsible for di colonial crime wey still dey happen.
