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The UN refugee agency has decided to close its offices in Laayoune (Southern Morocco) and Tindouf camps (Algeria) by the end of September 2025, according to diplomatic sources cited by several press reports. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has informed its employees in these two locations as well as 14 employees operating in […]
The embezzlement of humanitarian aid is endemic among the corrupt Polisario and Algerian officials, despite international outcry by the EU and humanitarian NGOS. This time, aid worth $12 million was derailed to enrich merciless separatist officials in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps. The aid was offered in April and May by the EU, Canada, Switzerland, Italy, […]
Would-be migrants are increasingly avoiding passing through conflict-wracked Libya on their treacherous sea journey to Europe in favor of the more peaceful and closer western Mediterranean route between Morocco and Spain. The UN Refugee Agency has warned Spain to prepare for an upcoming surge in migrant arrivals as the number of mostly sub-Saharans who made […]