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Diego Garcia is an island of the British Indian Ocean Territory, a disputed overseas territory of the United Kingdom also claimed by Mauritius. It is a militarised atoll just south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean, and the largest of the 60 small islands of the Chagos Archipelago. Portuguese sailors under Pedro Mascarenhas were the first Europeans to discover the island, finding it ...
Jun 10, 2023 · Diego Garcia: The tropical island ‘hell’ for dozens of stranded migrants. Dozens of migrants have been stranded for months on a tiny British territory in the Indian Ocean after being rescued ...
3 days ago · Diego Garcia, coral atoll, largest and southernmost member of the Chagos Archipelago, in the central Indian Ocean. Administratively, it was a dependency of Mauritius for most of its history, but since 1965 it has been part of the British Indian Ocean Territory. Learn more about Diego Garcia here.
Mar 9, 2019 · Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos archipelago and site of a major United States military base, located in the middle of the Indian Ocean, was leased from Britain in 1966.
The island hosts a secretive UK-US military base and access is heavily restricted.
Mar 14, 2017 · The Diego Garcia Island is part of the UK-owned Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean from where the British Army forcefully evicted the indigenous Chagossian population in the 1960s, before leasing it to the United States. It has since hosted America’s largest overseas airbase. Because of its notoriety, the base is shrouded in secrecy.
Off most people's radar, the best known island in Chagos is Diego Garcia, a US military base 100 nautical miles south of Ile Takamaka.
May 30, 2024 · A dispute over a tiny island in the Indian Ocean presents complications for U.S. goals in the Indo-Pacific.
5 days ago · The US has blocked a British judge from holding a hearing on the British-held island of Diego Garcia to determine whether a group of asylum seekers is being unlawfully detained there.
3 days ago · A British judge has been barred by the US from hearing a migrant claim on the British island of Diego Garcia in a move that threatens to spark a diplomatic row.
