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Express delivery companies, linking Spain and the Tindouf camps, have been slammed by the Polisario, says online newspaper Futuro Sahara. These small trucks carrying food and medicines granted by Spanish associations to the inhabitants of the Tindouf camps will soon be rejected by the Polisario.
The Front’s representative in the Iberian country, Khaira Boullahi, and the president of the «Sahrawi Red Crescent», Bouhbini Yahia, gave their instructions to different sections of the Polisario to reject all the aid sent through express delivery companies, added the same source.
Seized by the Algerian authorities
The same message was sent to all human rights associations that support the Tindouf camps’ inhabitants. The two officials asked these NGOs to stop making use of express delivery companies and rely instead on parcels sent by Spanish families to children in the Tindouf camps.
The same source indicates that the two officials urged the Spanish associations to stick to the new rules. Futuro Sahara added that the two officials told the Spainish NGOs that the Algerian authorities would seize the goods if they don’t abide by the new procedure.
This new procedure aims at preserving the interests of some influential figures in both Rabouni camps and Algeria. The small express delivery trucks have done serious harm to their activities, knowing that aid is now sent directly to Sahrawi associations, hospitals and schools. In addition to that, photos are taken when these aid supplies are delivered as a proof of transparency.
On the other hand, sending goods through caravans, is no longer a popular thing for Spanish associations. They no longer approve the conditions put together by some intermediaries. For the delivery of aid, these require the purchase of expensive large trucks.
The Polisario leadership continues to call for more international food assistance for the camps.
