David Victoire

Chagossian natives-born and descendants lives and voices matter. THE RIGHT TO EXIST AND BE HEARD

[David Victoire @DavidVictoire4]

#Chagossians should be given the same respect as the Falkland Islands – a referendum. We should be given the choice to decide if we want to be governed by either Mauritius or UK. Our right to self-determination is not being respected.” @guardian @BBCNews
https://t.co/JPccQPjr3w

[David Victoire @DavidVictoire4]

@ChagossianVoic2 Aww that’s my beautiful grandmother

[Friends of the British Overseas Territories @BritishOverseas]

The UK should not be wasting its time with these negotiations. It is walking into a situation where it would pay billions of pounds to rent its own islands; money which could be spent correcting historic wrongs and improving Chagossian welfare - something which Mauritius has neglected for decades.

https://t.co/IOG52uJtpQ

[David Victoire @DavidVictoire4]

Congratulations to the labor party.
I deeply hope that as part of your manifesto there’s a place for REPARATION for the #Chagossian community. #justice @CllrPetesTweets @LucyMPowell @Keir_Starmer @JimfromOldham @AngelaRayner @DavidLammy @ShabanaMahmood @lisanandy @RachelReevesMP

[David Victoire @DavidVictoire4]

I hope the labor party will finally end huge injustice which has been ongoing since the late 60s. #chagossian @CllrPetesTweets @UKLabour @Keir_Starmer @DavidLammy @ShabanaMahmood @AnnelieseDodds

[David Victoire @DavidVictoire4]

Congratulations on your newly appointed position as the new MP of Crawley and the superb win for the Labour party.I deeply hope that as part of your manifesto and part of the plan of the Labour party there’s a place for REPARATION for the Chagossian community. @CllrPetesTweets

[Chagossian Voices @ChagossianVoic2]

Decolonisation means that both the UK and Mauritius must respect the indigenous rights of Chagossians. We will not be silenced or sidelined. #WeAreIndigenous #UNDRIP

[Chagossian Voices @ChagossianVoic2]

Today's proposals to increase the minimum income for a family visa to £38,700 are completely unacceptable . Chagossians, who are also British citizens and were forcibly removed by the UK from their homeland, have a right to a family life which should not be contingent on income.

[Yuan Yi Zhu @yuanyi_z]

Important development if confirmed. As I argued in my report with Tom Grant and Richard Ekins, there is no legal basis, nor indeed moral basis for handing over the Chagos to Mauritius, which sold the islands for cash in 1965 and persistently mistreated Chagossians. https://t.co/YkigLA4g8E

[Yuan Yi Zhu @yuanyi_z]

As flattering(?) as the suggestion is, I am not, in fact, the British government. The onus is on those who seek to ignore Chagossian voices to explain why justice requires what they propose.

[Chagossian Voices @ChagossianVoic2]

That memorable day at the UN when the Mauritian Government representative told a group of Chagossians they had no right to declare themselves indigenous, their statements are irrelevant, they have no right of self-determination and they would be settling Mauritians on Chagos.

[Yuan Yi Zhu @yuanyi_z]

Mauritius has cynically exploited the plight of the Chagossians to advance its territorial claims, but refuses to recognise that Chagossians have a say in the future of the Chagos islands, as we argue in our new report https://t.co/ou08CcU5A3

[Chagossian Voices @ChagossianVoic2]

https://t.co/j17gWNMX9K

[David Victoire @DavidVictoire4]

The @ukhomeoffice should do better! The waiting times need to be improved, no one deserves to feel frustrated and depressed for such long waiting times for their applications or ceremonies. @amgsharpe @RobertJenrick @SuellaBraverman @UKHCCharlotte @UKHouseofLords @HenrySmithUK

[David Victoire @DavidVictoire4]

Shameful!He is assuming that slaves were asked to sign a contract once #slavery was abolished in 1835. The law that forced people to be contracted before they were allowed on #Chagos was written in 1904. Obviously he got his timing wrong.@DkshrewsUK @DavidRutley @HouseofCommons

[Declassified UK @declassifiedUK]

👀 The Foreign Office still refuses to recognise the Chagossians as “inhabitants” of the Chagos Islands 50 years after forcibly removing them.

#DUKparliament

[David Victoire @DavidVictoire4]

The wait times need to be improved!
@HenrySmithUK @SuellaBraverman @amgsharpe @RobertJenrick @ukhomeoffice @UKHouseofLords @HouseofCommons @UKHCCharlotte #chagossian @ZacGoldsmith @RishiSunak

[David Victoire @DavidVictoire4]

@UKHouseofLords @ZacGoldsmith

[David Victoire @DavidVictoire4]

Huge thanks to Baroness Lister for her unconditional support, the wait times really need to be improved! It’s so frustrating @SusanBaroness @kevin_j_foster @ukhomeoffice @uk_citizenship @BritishOverseas @HM_Passport @VotePursglove

[David Victoire @DavidVictoire4]

Huge thanks to Baroness Lister for her unconditional support, the wait times really need to be improved! It’s so frustrating @SusanBaroness @kevin_j_foster @ukhomeoffice @uk_citizenship @BritishOverseas @HM_Passport @VotePursglove

[Chagossian Voices @ChagossianVoic2]

The latest statement by @JamesCleverly confirms that the UK Gov are in secret negotiations with Mauritius about Chagos which exclude Chagossians and Parliament. Chagossian groups, including CV, have written to him asserting our rights and deploring the tokenistic ‘consultation’.

[David Victoire @DavidVictoire4]

@JamesCleverly @HouseofCommons @UKHouseofLords @RishiSunak

[Chagos Islands/BIOT 👉🏽 Rosy Leveque 👈🏽 @BIOTIslanders]

More blank statements by #FCDO... Majority of #Chagossians do not agree with the decision to cede sovereignty of the #Chagos Islands from UK to Mauritius. How else can we make that message clear?

[MF K @mfkoo5775]

Chagossians too have the right to decide for their future.