Pope Leo XIV says

Pope Leo XIV stated that “in delight”, the UK agreed to convey the Mauritian Islands.

Speaking to the delegation of 15 refugees from something, Pope Leo stated that this step was a “significant victory” in their long battle to “repair serious injustice”.

According to the terms The contract signed in MayMauritius will receive the sovereignty of the UK, but will allow the US and the UK to continue working on a military base on one of the islands, Diego Garcia, for 99 years.

The Pope said he hoped that the Mauritius authorities guarantee that the refugees would be able to return home. UK opposition leaders – and some of the daily living in the UK – have criticized this deal.

Speaking in the French, Pope Leo said: “The updated perspective of your return to your native archipelago is a encouraging sign and a powerful symbol on the international stage.”

He added that all people “must respect the powerful in their person and rights, in particular, the right to life on their land; and no one can drive them.”

The UK purchased the islands for £ 3 million in 1968, but Mauritius claimed that he was illegally forced to distribute the islands to gain independence from Britain.

The islands were then cleaned to give way to the UK armed base with large groups of Khagasians who move to Mauritius and Seychelles, or accepted the invitation to settle in England, mainly in the blood, Western Sussex.

In May, the government said he would pay Mauritius an average of £ 101 million for 99 years in accordance with the terms of the agreement.

The transaction sets a 24-mile buffer around Diego Garcia, where nothing can be done without the consent of the UK.

Foreign military and civil forces will also be banned from the other islands of the archipelago, and the UK retains power to veto any access to the islands.

The contract will only come into force after it is approved by both the UK and Mauritius parliament.

When the transaction was reached, the Conservatives called it a “act of national self-propagation”, which left the UK “more subjected to China” because of the connection with Mauritius.

The Prime Minister insisted that the transaction was necessary to maintain the UK national security.

“If we did not agree with this transaction, the legal situation would mean that we will not be able to prevent China or any other nation that sets its own bases in external Islands or having conducted joint exercises near our base,” said Sir Keir Starmer.

“No responsible government can allow it.”

The agreement was welcomed by Mauritius Prosecutor General Gavin Glover, who said the BBC in May: “Our country has raised that this 60-year struggle is finally over.”

However, two women born to Diego Garcia who wanted to return there were a legal problem in May.

The Supreme Court refused to call.