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The UK paid Mauritius £3m for the islands. Mauritius was happy with the deal.

How is there anything illegal about it?

Legality isn't the issue here, it's morality.

That said I think there is some evidence of potentially criminal activity in the treatment of those living on the islands. John Pilger famously made a documentary about it.

So if I pay your govt 3 million (or 3 billion (or 3 trillion)) in exchange I get to deport you, your family and everyone you know to wherever I want? Legal yeah?

Was the Louisiana Purchase not legal?

It's not legal to sell something you don't own.

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