British Nationality: Chagossians
(asked on 5th January 2026) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many Chagossians arrived in the UK in 2025 and have become British citizens.
This question was answered on 26th January 2026
Chagossians have a specific path to British citizenship through the British Indian Ocean Territory route.
There were 271 grants of citizenship via this route for applications made from the UK in 2025. Data for when the individuals who were subject to these grants arrived in the UK is not held in a reportable format.
There may be additional people of Chagossian descent who have acquired citizenship outside of this route.