Legal case for Chagos Islands handover hits another hurdle

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been told he is “running out of excuses” to press ahead with the controversial deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
A key argument for the deal was that it would fend off legal challenges under the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
It has now been revealed that the UK is protected under international law against UNCLOS challenges.
It is the second major part of the legal case to fall apart after it was revealed claims that telecommunications could be stopped on the islands were also shown to be false.
Critics argue the deal, costing £18 billion, unnecessarily leases back a strategically vital airbase that the UK already owns.

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