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The Sahrawi refugee camps (Arabic: مخيمات اللاجئين الصحراويين; Spanish: Campamentos de refugiados saharauis), also known as the Tindouf camps, are a collection of refugee camps set up in the Tindouf Province, Algeria, in 1975–76 for Sahrawi refugees fleeing from Moroccan forces, who advanced through Western Sahara during the Western Sahara War.
The biggest concentration of Sahrawi refugees was created in 1975–76, when Sahrawi refugees were fleeing from Moroccan forces, who advanced through Western Sahara during the Western Sahara War between Morocco and Sahrawi Polisario Front. Those refugees ended up in Sahrawi refugee camps in the Tindouf Province, Algeria. With most refugees ...
Saharawi refugee camp in Tindouf Province, Algeria. As of January 2018, the number of Sahrawi refugees living in the five camps in Tindouf is estimated about 174.000, of whom 125,000 were entitled to food and nutrition assistance by UNHCR and 90,000 individuals regarded "most vulnerable refugees". [3]
It is the administrative centre of the Sahrawi refugee camps. It is the site of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) state ministries, the main hospital and the principal field offices of international non-governmental organizations and United Nations agencies that regularly operate in the refugee camps.
According to UNHCR statistics and the Algerian Red Crescent, the camp has a population of about 39,000 Sahrawi refugees. [2] [3] Attempts to create an accurate census have been met with resistance from the Moroccan government. [4] The refugee camp was named after the Western Saharan city of Smara. It is located about 30 miles (50 km) from ...
Awserd refugee camp (Arabic: مخيم أوسرد) is a Sahrawi refugee camp located in Tindouf province in southwestern Algeria. As of 2003, the camp had a population of about 32,624 refugees. [ 2 ] It is named after Awserd in Western Sahara .
France has thrown its support behind Morocco's autonomy plan for the disputed Western Sahara, shifting a decades-old position and adding itself to a growing list of countries to align with Morocco ...
El Aaiun refugee camp (Arabic: مخيم العيون) is one of the Sahrawi refugee camps located in Tindouf province in southwest Algeria. It is located 5 miles (10 km) from Tindouf. According to UNHCR statistics for 2003, the camp had a population of 36,675 Sahrawi refugees. [2]