evidence: Mauritius and Seychelles have often disputed over the Chagos Archipelago, which lies 1,287 kilometers northeast of Mauritius Island, for a long time. The Archipelago served as an official part of Mauritius as early as the 18th Century when the first French settlers settled in the Country. The United Kingdom on November 8, 1965, split the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius alongside Seychelles islands of Aldabra, Desroches, and Farquhar to form the British Indian Ocean Territory. Chagossians and the country of Mauritius have since engaged in activism and campaigns to have the archipelago returned to Mauritius since Chagos is an integral territory of Mauritius under the Mauritian Law and International Law. Mauritius also disputes with France over Tromelin Island which lies around 430 kilometers northeast of Mauritius.