Ten years after the Chagossians’ Pyrrhic legal victory – a victory that seemed merely to strengthen the Foreign Office’s resolve to stop them from returning to the Islands – they have taken their campaign to the European Court of Human Rights, which has suggested that the case be withdrawn in favor of a “friendly settlement.” Many Chagossians who have settled in the UK would go back immediately – if only the government would let them.
在查戈斯人不惜血本赢得法律胜利整整十年之后——这一场胜利仅仅加强了英国外交部阻挠他们回归的决心——他们把官司打到了欧洲人权法庭，而法庭则建议这个上诉可以在取得“友善的安置方案”后撤回。只要政府允许，许多查戈斯人都会立刻返回自己的家园！