The de-facto First Minister of the Chagos Islands has refused to leave his homeland after Sir Keir Starmer has agreed to surrender the atoll. Misley Mandarin told Nigel Farage on GB News the British authorities will have to “kill” him before he is removed from the territory in the Indian Ocean. This comes after Mr Mandarin was served a removal order stating he has to leave the Chagos Islands, otherwise he faces three years imprisonment or a £3,000 fine.He said on the People’s Channel when asked if he would comply with the removal order: “They have to walk over my body, drag me from the beach, put me on the boat – even kill me.
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“I want to stay, this is my homeland, my homeland is a British territory.”I’m British and I’m staying.”Mr Mandarin’s father, Michel Mandarin, 74, was previously forcibly removed from the Chagos Islands along with his son. The First Minister was 14 when he was removed from the Chagos Islands and had to live in Mauritius, eating out of bins, he told GB News.Some 2,000 Chagossians were forcibly removed from the islands during the 1960s and 1970s and relocated to Mauritius and Britain.Adam Holloway, former Member of Parliament told GB News: “This is a total nonsense and thank god for trump in this case.”He continued to describe the deal between the British and Mauritius as “bizarre”.Mr Holloway said: “We talk about human rights, but what about the human rights of the people that are actually directly affected?”
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