NAIROBI, Feb 18 () - British authorities on Wednesday issued removal orders against four Chagossians who landed this week on a remote atoll in the ‌Chagos Archipelago in a move they hoped would complicate British plans ‌to transfer the territory to Mauritius.

Four Chagos islanders have landed on one of the Indian Ocean archipelago's atolls to establish what they say will be a permanent settlement, a move they hope will complicate a British plan to transfer the territory to Mauritius.

Expressions of regret have not translated into enabling return or providing reparations.