Keir Starmer threatens Chagossians returning home with three years in prison

Keir Starmer's threat to arrest a group of Chagossians who have arrived in their homeland to reclaim their territory has been met with fury. The small group of Chagossians arrived on the island by boat on Tuesday in a final attempt to reclaim their ancestral land before Labour officially surrenders the territory to Mauritius. Misley Mandarin, first minister of the Chagos government in exile and leader of the returning group, is among the group and said that 'time is critical' for his people, who were evicted from the British colony more than 50 years ago. But Mr Mandarin, who was forcibly removed from the island by Britain when he was 14, along with his father Michael, 74, face three years in jail and a fine of £3,000 if they stays on the archipelago. In a letter served by British patrols, titled a British Indian Ocean Territory Removal Order, they have been told: 'This order shall be carried into effect by the master of the vessel on which you were carried into the Territory.