OPINION. A sad anniversary in Western Sahara, still illegally occupied by Morocco fifty years after the proclamation of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic. The fall of humanitarian aid is now a serious threat to refugees in Algeria, writes UNHCR's former director Werner Blatter.It has been fifty years since more than 100,000 Saharawis had to leave their homeland, Western Sahara, to find refuge in Algeria.
OPINION. A sad anniversary in Western Sahara, still illegally occupied by Morocco fifty years after the proclamation of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic. The fall of humanitarian aid is now a serious threat to refugees in Algeria, writes UNHCR's former director Werner Blatter.It has been fifty years since more than 100,000 Saharawis had to leave their homeland, Western Sahara, to find refuge in Algeria.