Diego Garcia Islanders Displaced In U.K. Failure Hope To Return Home

By Ari Shapiro

Published April 16, 2015 at 4:17 PM EDT

Natives of Diego Garcia were displaced over 40 years ago when the U.S. built a military base on the Indian Ocean island nation. After years of fighting to return home, the islanders are are more hopeful than ever that they will soon get their wish.

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