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<p>Between 2000 and 2015, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office funded a total of 10
visits, involving 164 Chagossian participants, to the British Indian Overseas Territories.
A breakdown is included below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Number
of Chagossians</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>February
– March</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>October
- November</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>(dates not
available)</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>October
– November</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>April – May</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>(no
visits)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>On 16 November 2016, I announced
the UK's decision to fund a package to improve support for Chagossians. This included
an expanded programme of visits to the British Indian Oceans Territories.</p>
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