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Migrants moved from secretive UK military island after three years

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75% Informative

Sri Lankan Tamils allowed to remain in UK for six months , with financial support from Foreign Office .

Most of the group of around 60 migrants have been living in a makeshift camp on Diego Garcia since October 2021 .

They became the first people ever to file asylum claims on the remote Indian Ocean island.

The move marks the end of years of legal battles waged over their fate.

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76

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73

Neutral language

54

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formal

Language

English

Language complexity

51

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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