The Chagossian community have been in forced exile from our own land for almost fifty years. We have been living in poverty and struggling for our return for all this time. We are ready to resettle to the islands.
How much money has the UK government spent in other countries defending the rights of other British citizens? And where has the money for fishing licences gone and the money from the US government for the lease of Diego Garcia?
Presenting the costs of resettlement without the context of our removal from the islands and treatment at the hands of the British government is dishonest.
The resettlement process flows from the recognition of the right of return – a fundamental Human Right – of the Chagossian people to their homeland.The requirements and costs (economic opportunities, infrastructure development, support services) are, on balance, a small price to pay for repairing the immeasurable wrong done and therefore have to be borne. The Chagos resettlement project, based on Human rights promotion and sustainable development combined with environment (sea, land, air) protection, subscribes to the principles and ideals that we all want the world to abide by, in particular the two world powers directly concerned: UK and USA . First and foremost, UK for historical reasons, which explains why the responsibility and cost of establishing and maintaining the resettlement lie with the UK Government.It is our right to return to our homeland. So, Let us return!Sabrina Jean
CHAIR OF CRGUKTWITTER@ UKCRGWebsite : Chagosrefugeesgroup.org
Chagosrefugeesgroupuk branch
