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The survey misses the issues the Chagossians raise repeatedly. Despite decades of advocacy, it does not ask a single direct question about British nationality and citizenship, British Indian Ocean Territory status, rights of descendants, legal recognition and long-term guarantees. These issues are central to Chagossian life. Their total absence shows that Chagossian voices were not meaningfully involved in designing the consultation in the first place. You cannot claim to capture a people’s views when you avoid the very questions they have been asking for years.