Expulsion of the Chagossians

Politics & Policy

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• The wording shifts from a vague ongoing expulsion to a definite, complete removal of the population within a specified period (1967–1973). This changes the understood scope and timeline of the event.

Replace “The United Kingdom at the request of the United States began expelling.” with “Between 1967 and 1973 the United Kingdom removed the entire population of the Chagos Archipelago in.”.

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