Stolen Island

Before it was Camp Justice and a U.S. military base, Diego Garcia was a peaceful paradise, a beautiful place. The U.S. and U.K. wanted the island swept and sanitised, Depriving the community from basic supplies. Never an uninhabited island, the residents were secretly expelled, First they killed their dogs, a warning to those who rebelled. Forced off their land onto a filthy cargo ship, The slums of Mauritius, the beginning of their hardship. Others were deported to the Seychelles to live a life of poverty, No food, no water, not even a piece of property. Ministers and officials mounted a campaign of deception, Showing the citizens of the island no love or affection. 26 families dead by the end of 1975, While the rest done their best just to survive. In 1982 they demonstrated in the streets of Mauritius, A peaceful protest that really embarrassed the British. Bruce Greatbatch and Harold Wilson had no conscience or no shame, And there’s plenty of more involved, just too many to name. Taken from their blue ocean and beautiful white sand, Now they’re British citizens who can’t return to their land.