UN Refugees Chief Warns Conditions in W.Sahara 'Deteriorating'
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UN refugees chief warns conditions in W.Sahara ‘deteriorating’
UNITED NATIONS, United States: The United Nations’ top official for refugees warned on Friday that conditions for long-displaced people in Western Sahara were getting worse and that their humanitarian needs were starkly underfunded. Western Sahara, a mineral-rich former Spanish colony, has been largely controlled by Morocco since 1975, but the United Nations considers it a non-self-governing territory. Morocco has waged a decades-old conflict wi…
Barham Salih warned of the worsening living conditions of the Sahrawi refugees and called attention to a situation which he considers to be ‘unsustainable'
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UN refugees chief warns conditions in W.Sahara 'deteriorating'
Western Sahara, a mineral-rich former Spanish colony, has been largely controlled by Morocco since 1975, but the United Nations considers it a non-self-governing territory. Morocco has waged a decades-old conflict with the Algerian-backed Polisario Front, which seeks independence for the Sahrawi people. "In Western Sahara, displacement has persisted for more than half a century," the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Barham Salih, himself a form…
United Nations: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees warned Friday that the situation of the long-term displaced persons of Western Sahara was worsening, with a severe shortage of funding for their humanitarian needs. Birham Saleh, himself a former refugee, said to the United Nations Security Council that the situation was deteriorating today, and that humanitarian needs continued to be severely underfunded, adding [...]
Starkly underfunded: UN refugees chief warns conditions in W.Sahara 'deteriorating'
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