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issue 12 October 2024

Farewell, Chagos

The government announced that it would hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. There are 13 other British Overseas Territories, only ten of which have a permanent population. The most populated are:

Cayman Islands 78,554

Bermuda  62,506

Turks and Caicos 38,191

Gibraltar  33,701

British Virgin Islands 31,758

– Pitcairn Island is the only British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean, which has been integral to the claims that, even now, the sun never sets on the British Empire – even if there is an overlap of just 20 minutes between sunrise in Diego Garcia and Pitcairn Island in June.

– With the Chagos Islands gone, the sun will begin to set on the British Overseas Territories.

Migratory patterns

How has the number of irregular migrants arriving in Britain changed?

                                    2018 | 2023

Arrived by small boat 299 | 29,437

Arrived at airport 4,769 | 3,854

Arrived at port 1,052 | 327

Found in the community 7,257 | 3,081

Home Office

Let’s bounce

Who works as a bouncer or security guard?

There are 439,115 people who hold Security Industry Authority (SIA) licences.

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