Refugees face harsh desert conditions and rely almost fully on humanitarian assistance to meet their basic needs.
? The refugees in Tindouf were either born in the camps or have been displaced for over 45 years after fleeing the conflict between the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro (Polisario), Mauritania, and Morocco in 1975. The figure 173,600 is not used anymore the number of 90,000 refugees is used as a planning figure to be considered for humanitarian assistance in 2022.
The exact number of refugees in the camps is not known, mainly because of political disputes between Morocco and the Sahrawi authorities on the number of eligible voters for the independence referendum. Over 173,600 Sahrawi refugees are estimated to live in five camps (Awserd, Boujdour, Dakhla, Laayoune, and Smara) in Tindouf province, Algeria, on the border between Mauritania, Morocco, and Western Sahara.
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