Homa Moulay Mokhtar from the Rguibat-Bouihat tribe arrived in Smara city, south of Morocco, part of the ninth family visit exchange in 2009.

    Mokhtar, 36,described as "catastrophic" the situation prevailing in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps, South-western Algeria, and spoke of the poverty and under-development conditions in the camps.

    I spent most of my life in these camps that are short of the least requirements for a dignified life and offer no future, particularly to the young people who are yearning to return to Morocco, Mokhtar told MAP.

    The Polisario, he said, has no power of decision and its only concern is to suppress protesters who oppose its separatist stance. Mokhtar also decried Polisario’s campaigns against Moroccans eager to return to Morocco.

    Member of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS), Sheikh Ouali Khair expressed satisfaction with his nephew’s decision, and voiced hope that all the Moroccan hostages will be free to return home and the artificial conflict over the Moroccan Sahara will finally be settled.

Source: MAP
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