The two citizens, who returned to Morocco in response to the country's call "the motherland is clement and merciful," said life in the camps has become unbearable.

   The situation has become "unbearable" in the absence of the bare minimum for a human life, they told MAP in Smara (1,150 km southeast of Rabat).

   Souilka and Fatima, who belong to the Moroccan tribe of Laaroussiyine, said the Algerian-backed Polisario militia "has toughened their acts of violence against the Moroccan citizens, depriving them of the right of expression and controlling their movements at all times."

    "Our return stems also from our conviction, which is widespread among the Moroccans in Tindouf, that we can contribute to the comprehensive development in the country in general, and in the southern provinces in particular," they said, adding that “they (the Moroccans held in the camps) wait for the first opportunity to flee the camps.”

   Souilka Amine and her daughter also praised Morocco’s plan to grant larger autonomy to its southern provinces under the kingdom’s sovereignty, noting that this proposal “is an honor granted by HM the king to the sons of the Moroccan Sahara.”

Source: MAP
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