Group of Peers Plan to Force Referendum on Handover of Chagos Islands

A group of peers plan to force the government to hold a referendum of Chagossians over the handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The group, led by former Conservative minister Lord Henry Bellingham, will table an amendment to the treaty formalising the transfer of the British Overseas Territory, when it reaches the House of Lords. Bellingham told the PA news agency, “The Government have promised there was going to be consultation of the Chagossians, but that is not happening.” The peer, who was the minister for overseas territories under former prime minister David Cameron, said he had seen a “huge amount of anger” among Chagos islanders in the UK....