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BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY PEOPLE STATS:   All Stats  
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approximately 1,200 former agricultural workers resident in the Chagos Archipelago, often referred to as Chagossians or Ilois, were relocated to Mauritius and the Seychelles in the 1960s and 1970s; in November 2000 they were granted the right of return by a British High Court ruling, though no timetable has been set; in November 2004, there were approximately 4,000 UK and US military personnel and civilian contractors living on the island of Diego Garcia

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: British Indian Ocean Territory

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