Born in 1974, Gajmoula Bent Cheikh Ould Hifd-allah, from skarna tribe arrived in Dakhla from Tindouf camps, part of the first family-exchange operation in 2009.
In a statement to the press, Gajmoula said that the Sahrawis in the Tindouf camps yearns to return to Morocco and flee the tragic situation in which they live.
She indicated that the population in the Tindouf camps yearns to return to the Kingdom and flee the situation of despair, bitterness and suffering in which she lives, stressing that the siege imposed on the camps prevent the achievement of this objective and make their return difficult.
She also expressed her amazement and pride of development in the southern provinces of the Kingdom and the climate of peace, freedom and serenity.
Other family members of Gajmoula expressed on that occasion their pride and called for the lifting of the blockade imposed on the Saharawi people in the Tindouf camps to enable them to return home and flee the ordeal they endure on Algerian territory.
In the same context, exchange of family visits, conducted by the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) between the camps in Tindouf in southern Algeria and southern provinces of the Kingdom, continued Friday through the organization of the 2nd trip for the year 2009 to and from the provinces of Aousserd and Oued Eddahab.
This exchange concerned 61 beneficiaries belonging to 10 families, said a press release from the Office of the Moroccan Coordination with MINURSO.
Thus, six families totaling 33 people from the provinces of Oued Eddahab and Aousserd boarded, Friday morning aboard a UN aircraft at the airport in Dakhla to Tindouf, and four families totaling 28 people, from camps in Tindouf, disembarked from the same plane, said the press release.
This exchange took place under good conditions for the Moroccan side and all measures have been taken to ensure a warm welcome to participants and facilitate the use of formalities at the airport of embarkation and disembarkation, said the same source.
Through this exchange, the total number of people receiving family visits since 5 March 2004, amounted to 7328, including 3793 people from the Tindouf camps in 3535
from the southern provinces.
Reiterating its appreciation for the continuation of this program, the Office of Moroccan Coordination with Minurso called on UNHCR to strictly enforce the provisions of the plan of action and cause the other party to refrain from any action likely to harm the humanitarian nature of that program, including the use of families split and adoption of identities of the beneficiaries from the Tindouf camps.
Source: MAP
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