Money, Please: Dozens of Countries Demand Reparations from Britain, Enriched by the Slave Trade 0 5

This concerns CARICOM - a group of 15 Caribbean nations. The African Union countries are also making their demands.

They are seeking compensation for the trade of African slaves that took place from the 15th to the 19th century, which victimized over 12.5 million people.

"CARICOM has a reparations plan that includes calls for full and formal apologies, educational programs, debt forgiveness, and financial compensation, while the African Union is developing its own plan.

There is also a growing negative reaction to reparations, with many European leaders opposing even discussing the issue, arguing that modern states and institutions should not be held accountable for historical wrongs," Reuters reports.

British Prime Minister Starmer stated at the Commonwealth of Nations summit in Samoa that he prefers to "look to the future rather than engage in very long, endless discussions about reparations for the past."

The British Empire was one of the largest slaveholding states. From the 16th to the 19th century, millions of Africans were forcibly taken to America and the Caribbean.

Slavery in the British Empire was abolished by the 1833 Act, which only came into effect in 1838, granting freedom to slaves in the colonies. Modern British authorities are reluctant to recall the centuries of the slave trade that the British engaged in for several centuries.