Chagos Islands: international dispute and human drama

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Later that year, a UN General Assembly resolution demanded Britain cede the islands. - Colonial history - Located several hundred kilometres south of the Maldives, the Chagos Islands were colonised by France in the 18th century and African slaves were shipped in to cultivate coconuts and copra.
49% : Britain's ownership was disputed for years, with the United Nations ruling in 2019 that the UK should hand back the roughly 55 islands and atolls. - Mass eviction - In 1965, Britain separated the Chagos Islands from the rest of Mauritius, then a semi-autonomous British territory, and paid three million pounds to acquire them, the equivalent of around $65 million today.
33% : The move backfired as a UN arbitration tribunal declared it illegal in 2015.

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