where is B.I.O.T and name an island it belongs to?

Answer 1

British Indian Ocean Territory... Controversial Controversial...

The key is Diego Garcia where the Americans have a base.

It was also the centre of economic activity for the 'Ilois' (island people) or 'Chagossians' (from the Chagos Archipelago) who, after Britain seperated the islands from Mauritius, were kicked out and sent back to Mauritius where many of them live on the margins of society.

The people from Diego Garcia went to court and won the right to return. But the British government using the 9/11 excuse barred them:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1240409,00.html

This went to court again, and again the islanders won:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,1784176,00.html

More background and the largerpicture can be found here, including the hypocrisy of having cruise ships visiting but banning islanders who could be 'terrorists'...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000102&sid=aC_EcDP_AS2c&refer=uk

Some extra background on what the UK got out of letting the US use the islands, the polaris system:
http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/003403.html

This article also contains extra information on how the nascent Mauritian government was duped, lied to about the existence of islanders 'there will be no indigenous population [on Diego Garcia] except seagulls' and everything was planned: 'Unfortunately along with the birds go a few Tarzan and Man Fridays whose origins are obscure, and who are being hopefully whisked on to Mauritius'.

A visit was organised recently, but things are still at an impasse, and no wonder:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,1787055,00.html

In sum, it's no place for a holiday, and the British/American coalition is likely to defy all law courts to keep the islanders in exile.

Answer 2

British Indian Ocean Territory, archipelago, c.1,180 mi (1,900 km), NE of Mauritius, in the central Indian Ocean. The islands, which form the Chagos Archipelago and are located on the southern end of a chain of sea mounts that also includes Lakshadweep and the Maldives, were administered by Mauritius before they were made a separate dependency by the British in 1965. Their importance is primarily strategic; the United States and Britain maintain a major naval facility on the main island, Diego Garcia. Between 1967 and 1973 Britain evicted the Chagos islanders as the archipelago was converted to purely military use. In 2000 they secured a British court decision declaring their explusion illegal. The government, however, subsequently (2004) prevented their return to the outlying Chagos islands, and the islanders again challenged the government in court. The archipelago is claimed by Mauritius, Maldives, and Seychelles.

Answer 3

I assume you're talking about the British Indian Ocean Territory. This group of atolls is situated just northeast of Madagascar and belongs to Great Britain.

Answer 4

The island Madagascar which is I believe still under British protection.

Answer 5

i will go with the majority