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Chagos Islands: UK offers Romania move to stranded migrants

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UK offers temporary move to Romania for migrants held on secretive Indian Ocean island.

Others offered financial incentives to go to Sri Lanka where they say they face persecution.

UK government says it is working to find a solution which protects the welfare of migrants and "the integrity of British territorial borders" There are currently 56 Tamils still on Diego Garcia , a secretive UK - US military island.

The first Tamils arrived on Diego Garcia in October 2021 , saying they had been fleeing persecution and trying to sail to Canada to claim asylum.

The Indian Ocean territory, located hundreds of miles away from any other population, is viewed as an important strategic base for the US .

Access to the island is heavily restricted and it has long been shrouded in rumour and mystery.

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semi-formal

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English

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