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Their African Islands Were Set to Be Decolonized. Then the U.S. Bombed Iran.
The New York Times • • world
Key Points:
- Roseline Rabouine was displaced from the Chagos Islands at age 8 when British soldiers forced her family to leave for the construction of a joint British-American military base.
- Around 2,000 inhabitants were sent on an eight-day journey to Mauritius and have been barred from returning for nearly six decades.
- Britain is now preparing to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, which has promised to allow displaced Chagossians to return to their homeland.
- Ms. Rabouine, now 61 and living in Mauritius, expressed a strong desire to return to the islands if given the opportunity.
