Nigel Farage explodes with fury as his Chagos Islands help mission is ‘blocked’ | Politics | News | EUROtoday

Reform UK chief Nigel Farage has accused the UK Government of attempting to wreck his mission to assist 4 Chagossians who’re attempting to ascertain a settlement on an uninhabited island on the archipelago. Mr Farage flew to the Maldives with tools and deliberate to make the 24-hour journey to the island, Île du Coin. A ship was attributable to depart carrying medication and meals, however plans have been derailed.

The Telegraph mentioned it understood the voyage to the island 300 miles south of the Maldives had been halted by “a combination of threats, mechanical problems and an insistence by UK authorities that only trained crew should be on board”. Mr Farage was anticipated to return to the UK on Saturday evening, with the boat making the journey with out him. The Reform chief claimed he obtained a cellphone name from a senior supply contained in the Maldives authorities who warned him that the UK Government didn’t need him to set foot on the island.

He mentioned: “The British Government has made every effort to prevent me heading towards the Chagos Islands. They have asked the Maldives government to stop me from leaving here and setting foot on the boat. This was information conveyed to me by a senior figure in the Maldives government.

“I cannot believe such an attempt has been made to stop a British citizen from reaching British territory. My source told me the British were ‘very concerned’ about me and wanted to know why I was here. This trip is a humanitarian mission, and I don’t want my presence to jeopardise that.”

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The Chagossian campaigners arrived on the island on Monday, alongside former MP Adam Holloway. They had sailed from Sri Lanka with the objective of creating a everlasting settlement.

They had been served with eviction papers by British authorities, however a UK court docket blocked the deportation order. The group included Michel Mandarin, 74, who was born on the islands however forcibly eliminated on the age of 14; Misley Mandarin, his son, leads the group.

The Foreign Office has been invited to remark.