Council ‘under pressure’ as 100s of Chagos Islanders descend on UK | UK | News
A council in London remained angry after having to buy the bill for the raids of people from the Chagos Islands. The HillingDon Council said last year that 400 Chagossian came to Heathrow Airport, which cost them hundreds of thousands of pounds. However, the authority leaves the inhabitants to “pay için, claiming that the government has provided financing only for the first 10 days after its landing.
Ian Edwards, a member of the Hillingon Assembly, said that the government was demanding more support and said that it was “not clearly enough”. This follows the signing of the Chagos Islands agreement in May, when British overseas land was delivered to Mauritius. “We’ve spent half a million pounds until the end of the last financial year to support Chagossia.
“The government offered us 70,000 compensation.”
The Assembly member said that helping everyone who requires help in Heathrow nearby has fallen into local authority. Bay Edwards added that the armed islanders have the right to be in the country legally because they have British passports.
Therefore, they cannot be entitled to any support given to refugees and asylum seekers, and leave them, including the “accommodation cost” to pay the HillingDon Council.
“At the same time, it is time to help, support them, and help them settle in the country,” he said to the news channel. He said.
Since Labour’s agreement with Mauritius in May, the HillingDon Council claims that more than 100 islanders have come to Heathrow within a week, many of which have no accommodation plan.
In total, the authority said it cost more than an amazing 508,000 £ between July 2024 and March 2025. Due to more arrival, the Council estimated that the annual cost would be £ 1.2 million.
Earlier this year, the Prime Minister signed the ownership of the islands in the Indian Ocean at a cost of up to £ 30 billion during the life of the agreement.
This contains rent for the military base in Diego Garcia, which is disintegrated as follows: £ 165 million per year for the first three years, and 120 million £ 120 million for the next 10 years; Then for 14-99 years, £ 120 million plus inflation.
Furthermore, the UK has agreed to spend £ 45 million a year for development in Mauritius in Mauritius and £ 40 million for the Chagossian Trust Fund a year.
