Starmer’s Chagos deal dealt major blow as judge rules Chagossians have right to live on disputed islands
- Posted on March 31, 2026
- By The Independent
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Starmer’s Chagos deal dealt major blow as judge rules Chagossians have right to live on disputed islands

Justice James Lewis, the judge for the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) Court, has ruled that Chagossians have a right of abode on the islands