The isladers have the right to decide their destiny

 

The islanders have the right to decide their destiny and cannot be denied the right of self-determination after inhabiting the Falklands / Malvinas for almost two centuries. It matters little how they got there because the islanders are an established population with native inhabitants who in many cases have been on the islands for generations. 

Would it make sense to question the legitimacy of the states of the American continent on the grounds that they were originally colonies founded by European powers that expelled the populations there when there was no international law as we know it today? And if so, wouldn't the pre-Columbian peoples have a better right to claim them? 

Considering that the population is organised, that it is satisfied with its health care and education system, with its justice and security, that it has a thriving economy with no inflation or unemployment, and with a strong and stable currency, it is only fair that the islanders' right to self-determination should prevail. 

On the other hand, it is unjust and contrary to their interests that a people who are happy and content with their administration should have a law, a government, a justice sysem, a police force and a currency imposed on them which, apart from being alien to them, are no better than the ones they have.