Sahrawi refugee camps

Subclass of	Refugee camp
Year dem found am	1975
Country	Algeria
Coordinate location	27°36′10″N 8°5′47″W
Currency	Algerian dinar

De Sahrawi refugee camps (Arabic: مخيمات اللاجئين الصحراويين; Spanish: Campamentos de refugiados saharauis), dem sanso know as de Tindouf camps, be a collection of refugee camps dem set up insyd de Tindouf Province, Algeria, insyd 1975–76 for Sahrawi refugees wey dey flee from Moroccan forces, wey advance thru Western Sahara during de Western Sahara War. Plus chaw of de original refugees still dey live insyd de camps, de situation be among de most protracted insyd de world.^[1]^[2]

De limited opportunities for self-reliance insyd de harsh desert environment force de refugees make dem rely on international humanitarian assistance for dema survival.^[3] However, na de Tindouf camps differ from de majority of refugee camps insyd de level of self-organization. Chaw affairs den camp life organization be run by de refugees demaselves, plus little outside interference.^[4]

Dem divide de camps into five wilayat (districts) dem name after towns insyd Western Sahara; El Aaiun, Awserd, Smara, Dakhla den more recently Cape Bojador (anaa de daira of Bojador).^[5]^[6] In addition, der be a smaller satellite camp dem know as "February 27", wey dey surround a boarding school for women, den an administrative camp dem call Rabouni.^[7] Dem spread out de encampments over a quite large area. While Laayoune, Smara, Awserd, February 27 den Rabouni all dey lie within an hour's drive of de Algerian city of Tindouf, de Dakhla camp dey lie 170 kilometres (110 mi) to de southeast. De camps sanso be de headquarters of de 6th military region of de Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic.

References

↑ "UNHCR Algeria Factsheet". UNHCR. 2010-08-01. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
↑ Eric Goldstein; Bill Van Esveld, eds. (2008). Human Rights in Western Sahara and in the Tindouf Refugee Camps. Human Rights Watch. p. 216. ISBN 978-1-56432-420-7. Archived from the original on 2015-06-13. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
↑ "Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) Algeria, PRRO 200034" (PDF). World Food Programme. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
↑ Van Brunt Smith, Danielle (August 2004). "Causes and consequences" (PDF). FMO Research Guide, Western Sahara. FMO, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford: 12–19. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
↑ Western Sahara. Living in the refugee camps. OXFAM Belgium and Comite belge de soutien au peuple sahraoui. 1995. Archived from the original on 2007-10-30. Retrieved 2007-11-19.
↑ Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Elena (May 2011). "Protracted Sahrawi displacement" (PDF). Refugee Studies Centre. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-09-17. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
↑ Gina Crivello; Elena Fiddian; Dawn Chatty (December 2005). "Background to the Western Sahara Conflict". FMO, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2007-11-19.

External links

Photos from the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf and from the "liberated territories" in Western Sahara, by Nacho Hernandez.
Photo gallery: Life in the Tindouf refugee camps, by Danielle Van Brunt Smith. Archived 2011-08-09 at the Wayback Machine
Eye witness report from Tindouf By ECHO, the EU:s foreign aid branch.
Article about the 35th anniversary of the proclamation of SADR, held in the Tindouf camps and Tifariti
Map of the region (anonymous).
The United States on Algeria Archived 2004-08-17 at the Wayback Machine.
Opinion Editorial by Paul de Bendern, February 2004. Archived 2004-08-16 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "UNHCR Algeria Factsheet". UNHCR. 2010-08-01. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-06-26.

[2] Eric Goldstein; Bill Van Esveld, eds. (2008). Human Rights in Western Sahara and in the Tindouf Refugee Camps. Human Rights Watch. p. 216. ISBN 978-1-56432-420-7. Archived from the original on 2015-06-13. Retrieved 2016-12-04.

[3] "Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) Algeria, PRRO 200034" (PDF). World Food Programme. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-06-26.

[4] Van Brunt Smith, Danielle (August 2004). "Causes and consequences" (PDF). FMO Research Guide, Western Sahara. FMO, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford: 12–19. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2012-12-06.

[5] Western Sahara. Living in the refugee camps. OXFAM Belgium and Comite belge de soutien au peuple sahraoui. 1995. Archived from the original on 2007-10-30. Retrieved 2007-11-19.

[:2-6] Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Elena (May 2011). "Protracted Sahrawi displacement" (PDF). Refugee Studies Centre. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-09-17. Retrieved 2023-11-11.

[7] Gina Crivello; Elena Fiddian; Dawn Chatty (December 2005). "Background to the Western Sahara Conflict". FMO, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2007-11-19.

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