'They will have to KILL me!' Chagos leader refuses to leave after being slapped with eviction notice

This comes after Mr Mandarin was served a removal order stating he has to leave the Chagos Islands, otherwise he faces three years imprisonment or a £3,000 fine.

He said on the People's Channel when asked if he would comply with the removal order: "They have to walk over my body, drag me from the beach, put me on the boat - even kill me.

"I want to stay, this is my homeland, my homeland is a British territory.

"I'm British and I'm staying."

Mr Mandarin's father, Michel Mandarin, 74, was previously forcibly removed from the Chagos Islands along with his son.

The First Minister was 14 when he was removed from the Chagos Islands and had to live in Mauritius, eating out of bins, he told GB News.

Some 2,000 Chagossians were forcibly removed from the islands during the 1960s and 1970s and relocated to Mauritius and Britain.

Adam Holloway, former Conservative Member of Parliament, told GB News: “This is a total nonsense and thank God for Trump in this case.”

He continued to describe the deal between the British and Mauritius as “bizarre”.

Mr Holloway said: “We talk about human rights, but what about the human rights of the people that are actually directly affected?"

Mr Mandarin continued by saying it seems he now has to “depend on a foreign leader” to help him.

He said: “Where is my Prime Minister when we need him?

“My gratitude to President Trump is enormous.

“Making this deal with Mauritius is a very bad deal for the UK, the US and global security.”

Under the deal, Britain would retain control of the military base on Diego Garcia through a 99-year lease, while sovereignty over the remaining islands would be transferred to Mauritius.

The agreement is expected to cost British taxpayers billions of pounds.

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has called on both countries to halt the agreement, warning that it would entrench longstanding human rights abuses.

In 1814 the Chagos Islands became British under the Treaty of Paris and are run from Mauritius.

Then in 1965 the islands were separated from Mauritius to form the British Indian Ocean Territory.

Between 1966-73 indigenous Chagossians were removed by force so Britain could build the Diego Garcia military base.

In 2019 the International Court of Justice finds the 1965 split from Mauritius "unlawful".

Three years later, the UK and Mauritian governments begin negotiations and in 2024 they reached agreement that Mauritius will gain control of the Chagos Islands.