The UK has offered dozens of stranded migrants, held for years in a camp on a secretive UK-US military island in the Indian Ocean, a temporary move to Romania.
After six months, they could be moved to the UK. Others in the group are being offered financial incentives to go to Sri Lanka where they say they face persecution.
In 2021, dozens of Tamils became the first people ever to claim asylum on Diego Garcia after their boat ran into trouble.
The territory’s unusual status led to a long legal dispute, with the UK government saying that bringing them to Britain risked creating a “backdoor migration route”.
A Foreign Office spokesperson said ministers had been working to find a solution which protects the welfare of migrants and “the integrity of British territorial borders”.
