From Geneva, civil society actors issued a call during a recent meeting urging the United Nations to ensure protection for Sahrawis in the Tindouf camps by granting them official refugee status, a right denied for the past 50 years due to the Polisario Front and Algeria’s determination to use the camp population as leverage in their ongoing conflict with Morocco.
Life in Tindouf, Algeria, no longer appeals to the Sahrawis in the camps. More and more of them want to return to Morocco. Nevertheless, they must arm themselves with patience to return to the kingdom.