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The Seychelles are a | The Seychelles are an archipelago consisting of 115 islands, most of which are uninhabited. 98% of the population (of less than 100,000) live on the so-called inland islands, i.e. a group of 42 islands comprising about half of the land area of the country. | ||
Demographically, the Seychelles are an inhomogeneous ex-slaveholder society with extreme income disparity and the highest imprisonment rate in the world. The decisive factor for this unusual prison rate is not the presence of Somali pirates in Seychelles prisons, but the unresolved drug policy question. Most prisoners are there on drug related convictions. | |||
(When the British gained control of the islands during the Napoleonic Wars, they allowed the French upper class to retain their land. Both the French and British settlers used enslaved Africans, and although the British prohibited slavery in 1835, African workers continued to come. Thus the Gran blan ("big whites") of French origin dominated economic and political life. The British administration employed Indians on indentured servitude to the same degree as in Mauritius resulting in a small Indian population. The Indians, like a similar minority of Chinese, were confined to a merchant class.) | (When the British gained control of the islands during the Napoleonic Wars, they allowed the French upper class to retain their land. Both the French and British settlers used enslaved Africans, and although the British prohibited slavery in 1835, African workers continued to come. Thus the Gran blan ("big whites") of French origin dominated economic and political life. The British administration employed Indians on indentured servitude to the same degree as in Mauritius resulting in a small Indian population. The Indians, like a similar minority of Chinese, were confined to a merchant class.) | ||