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2024-10-04 01:57:42 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 3E6C4A95B6A40FE415AA1CB879B3B2F5AD716C5F11E5AF8A96BF7E7142ADE643
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The International Court of Justice ruled in 2019 that the UK's presence on the islands was an illegal occupation: https://www.icj-cij.org/case/169 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/25/un-court-rejects-uk-claim-to-sovereignty-over-chagos-islands The UK agreed to handover the islands to Mauritius in 2022 under Conservative FM James Cleverly: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/03/uk-agrees-to-negotiate-with-mauritius-over-handover-of-chagos-islands
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