Sabrina Jean (born 1973) is a second-generation Chagossian and activist for the Chagossian community to return home to the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, administered as part of the British Indian Ocean Territory.
When Aristide tried to return to Peros Banhos in the late 1960s and early 1970s he was told that his home had been given to the UK.
[1] Jean's father, Serge Aristide, was among the 1,500-plus people forced to leave the British overseas territory when it was leased to the US to build a military base in Diego Garcia.
On relocating to Crawley in 2006, Jean became chairperson of the Chagos Refugee Group In 2011 she was allowed by the UK government to visit her home island of Peros Banhos, part of the Chagos Islands for the first and only time, visiting the homeland of her father.
It was heartbreaking to see it with my own eyes.”[1] In 2013 Jean helped found the Chagos Football Association and is its current chairperson.