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12. Chagossians should receive significant portion of the ~£101m/year rent payments the UK will make to Mauritius for continuing to occupy Chagossians’ island Diego Garcia + for their ongoing exile from the island.

11. The treaty is also a defeat for people like Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson, Sen. John Kennedy, + right-wing news outlets who tried to peddle outrageous lies about the deal based in anti-China fearmongering in the hopes of holding onto one of the last outposts of Anglo-American colonialism.

10. The treaty is also a victory (however incomplete) for small groups of people like the Chagossians + small countries like Mauritius, which have shown the world you can defeat 2 of the planet's most powerful countries in the UK + US.

9. With its serious flaws, the treaty IS a victory for diplomacy + resolving disputes thru negotiations not military force. It's also a victory for international law + the International Court of Justice, whose 2019 ruling for Mauritius over the UK (+ US) forced the UK + US into today's agreement.

8. The treaty does not + cannot prevent Chagossians from continuing to pursue proper compensation from the UK + US governments in courts + by other means if they wish to do so.

7. The UK's £40 million payment for the Chagossian trust fund won't come until 2026 + is shockingly the same amount the UK government promised in 2016. Almost all Chagossians rejected it then + less than £1 million was ever spent.

6. Mauritius should promise to dedicate ALL of the £1.125 billion in development money to pay for the resettlement of Chagossians in Chagos.

5. Mauritius will receive around £3.4 billion over 99 years for allowing the UK to exercise sovereignty over Diego Garcia PLUS £1.125 billion in development funds over 25 years.

4. The £40 million UK "trust fund" for Chagossians promised in the treaty is shockingly small. Divided among Chagossians, each would get £4,000-£8,000 (or less) as compensation for the theft of their homeland + more than 50 years of exile. People get more compensation in car accidents.

3. Chagossians will continue to demand the right to return to Diego Garcia until they go home. The UK + US governments can + must stop violating Chagossians' human rights + allow them to return.

2. The UK's continuing ban on Chagossians living on their largest island, Diego Garcia, is an outrage + ongoing human rights violation backed by the US.

1. The treaty is a victory for the majority of Chagossians who supported the deal because it allows them to return to all their islands except Diego Garcia, home to the US base.