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Invasion, war & occupation |
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| What is affected |
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Forced eviction Dispossession/confiscation |
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| Date | 04 October 1975 | ||||||||
| Region | MENA [ Middle East/North Africa ] | ||||||||
| Country | Western Sahara | ||||||||
| Location | Refugee camps in unoccupied Western Sahara and southwest Algeria | ||||||||
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| Proposed solution |
Self-determination for the Western Sahara people as International Court of Justice advised in its opinion 1975/1 (16 October 1975), at: http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=4&code=sa&case=61&k=69 |
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| Details |
Pamphlet 2 WS v Ar.doc Pamphlet 3 WS R Ar.doc |
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| Development | WSUSA-HIC-HLRN_Morocco_UPR.pdf | ||||||||
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| Brief narrative |
Following the “Green March,” 6 November 1975, and the incursion of Moroccan and Mauritanian forces into the Western Sahara, 240,000 Sahrawis fled to Algeria, Mauritania, or Morocco. 90,000 others became internally displaced within the territory that gradually was divided between the Moroccan-occupied zone and the POLISARIO controlled “liberated zone.” During the armed conflict (1976–91), Sahrawis abandoned their homes in order to escape the violence. Makeshift camps were set up elsewhere in the territory, but the Moroccan military bombed those shelters; forcing Sahrawis to seek refuge further afield in POLISARIO-controlled areas. | ||||||||
| Costs | € 0 | ||||||||
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