Indigenous
Chagossian
People
About Indigenous Chagossian People
History of ICP
Group
What Happened
On May 22nd, 2025
What Is Wrong With The Treaty
​​​​We are the Indigenous Chagossian People. For generations, our lives, families, and culture were rooted in the islands of the Chagos Archipelago; in our villages, our churches and chapels, our cemeteries, our fishing grounds and coconut plantations. We did not choose to leave.
We were forcibly removed to make way for a military base, scattered to Mauritius, Seychelles, and later the UK, where many of us have faced decades of poverty, racism, and invisibility. Yet, despite everything, our community has survived, resisted, and continued to dream of return.
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Our concerns are not abstract; they are concrete, legal and human. The treaty contains several features that are incompatible with our rights and with the vision of justice that many in the international Our concerns are not abstract; they are concrete, legal and human.
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The treaty contains several features that are incompatible with our rights and with the vision of justice that many in the international community believe the ICJ advisory opinion and the UN General Assembly called for.