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Handout<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nMigrants stranded for years on the distant Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia will probably be supplied the correct to return to the UK, underneath a authorities proposal.<\/p>\n Round 60 Sri Lankan Tamils have spent greater than three years in a makeshift camp on the island, which hosts a secretive UK-US navy base, after turning into the primary individuals ever to file asylum claims there.<\/p>\n The federal government has beforehand opposed bringing the group to the UK and sophisticated authorized battles have been fought for years over their destiny.<\/p>\n In a letter on Monday, authorities attorneys mentioned that \u201cfollowing additional consideration\u201d, the federal government had proposed a \u201cchange of coverage\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Beneath this, \u201call households, youngsters and people of the unaccompanied males who would not have felony convictions, excellent prices or investigations can be supplied the chance to be transferred on to the UK\u201d.<\/p>\n It added that work on the supply was \u201congoing\u201d and a proper determination can be made inside 48 hours. \u201cParticulars will probably be supplied as quickly as attainable,\u201d it mentioned.<\/p>\n In a telephone name with one of many Tamils, an official mentioned the choice to carry them to the UK was because of the \u201cdistinctive circumstances\u201d of the island, including that entry can be for \u201ca brief time frame\u201d.<\/p>\n The Prime Minister\u2019s Official Spokesperson advised reporters at a day by day information briefing in Downing Avenue that \u201cthe federal government inherited a deeply-troubling scenario that remained unresolved underneath the earlier administration when it got here to migrants who had arrived at Diego Garcia. Diego Garcia had clearly by no means been an acceptable long-term location for migrants\u201d.<\/p>\n He added \u201cthe federal government has been working to discover a answer that protects their welfare and the integrity of British territorial borders\u201d.<\/p>\n Legal professionals representing the Tamils described the transfer as a \u201cvery welcome step\u201d in a \u201clengthy battle for justice\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter three years residing in inhumane situations, having to struggle varied injustices in court docket on quite a few events, His Majesty\u2019s Authorities [HMG] has now determined that our purchasers ought to now come on to the UK. We hope that HMG will now take pressing steps to offer impact to this determination,\u201d Simon Robinson of UK legislation agency Duncan Lewis advised the BBC.<\/p>\n \u201cIt appears like a dream. I don\u2019t know what to assume,\u201d one Tamil mentioned after receiving a name from an official with the information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The UK had beforehand supplied among the group a brief transfer to Romania with the potential of then coming to the UK. Others have been supplied monetary incentives to return to Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n The newest improvement comes after the UK introduced final month that it was handing sovereignty of British Indian Ocean Territory (Biot), which includes Diego Garcia, to Mauritius<\/a>. The navy base, nonetheless, will stay on the island.<\/p>\n Beneath a separate deal final month, future migrants arriving on Biot earlier than the association with Mauritius comes into pressure will probably be transferred to the island of St Helena – one other UK territory some 5,000 miles away.<\/p>\n In court docket on Monday, attorneys mentioned three individuals with felony convictions could also be despatched to the island of Montserrat – a British territory within the Caribbean – to serve their sentences. <\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\")
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