Bancoult is an electrician and an advocate for the juridical right of the Chagossians to return from Mauritius to their original homeland.[5] He has been involved in several high profile legal actions concerning the exile of the Chagos Islanders.
He was one of five islanders who, on 13 February 2022, stepped on to the beach of Peros Banhos, one of the larger atolls making up the occupied Chagos Islands, due to Mauritius legal victories "first at the UN General Assembly, then at the UN's International Court of Justice, and finally at the UN's tribunal for settling maritime disputes".[6]
^Mann, Natasha (2000-07-13). "Island strife". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
^Sandra Evers et Marry Kooy, Eviction from the Chagos Islands: Displacement and Struggle for Identity Against Two World Powers, vol. Volume 1 : African History, Brill, 2011, 293 p. (ISBN9004202609), p.153
^Tages-Anzeiger: Zurück ins Paradies, Christian Schmidt, 23 January 2015, page 8