UK agrees to give sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius

The United Kingdom has announced it is giving up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that will secure the future of a key US military base on the atoll of Diego Garcia while allowing islanders displaced for the past five decades a right of return. Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull reports from Crawley. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #ChagosIslands #BritainRelinquishesChagos #MauritiusChagosIslands #Chagossians #ChagosExile #DiegoGarciaBase #ColonialHistory #ChagosResidents #UKSovereignty #AlJazeeraEnglish