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MEP Calls for Investigation of Algeria as COVID-19 Spreads in Tindouf
Human rights activists based in Laayoune and Dakhla revealed in April that an estimated 250 people contracted the virus in the Tindouf camps.
By Hamza Guessous -
Jun 15, 2020
Rabat – The precarious health situation in the Tindouf camps due to the spread of COVID-19 has prompted a member of the European Parliament (MEP), to call on the European Committee to investigate Algeria’s responsibility in human rights violations in the camps.
The Tindouf camps in western Algeria are a group of refugee camps under the control of the Polisario Front. Residents of the camps have long denounced the repression of their basic freedoms.
In a written question to the Committee, Bonfrisco highlighted the urgent need for Algeria to implement a census in the Tindouf camps, where residents are deprived of many basic rights including employment, food and medicine, and freedom of movement.
The Italian politician warned that “the uncontrolled spread of the COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a potential health threat, which also jeopardizes the lives of humanitarian workers.”
MEP Calls for Investigation of Algeria as COVID-19 Spreads in Tindouf
Human rights activists based in Laayoune and Dakhla revealed in April that an estimated 250 people contracted the virus in the Tindouf camps.
By Hamza Guessous -
Jun 15, 2020
Rabat – The precarious health situation in the Tindouf camps due to the spread of COVID-19 has prompted a member of the European Parliament (MEP), to call on the European Committee to investigate Algeria’s responsibility in human rights violations in the camps.
The Tindouf camps in western Algeria are a group of refugee camps under the control of the Polisario Front. Residents of the camps have long denounced the repression of their basic freedoms.
In a written question to the Committee, Bonfrisco highlighted the urgent need for Algeria to implement a census in the Tindouf camps, where residents are deprived of many basic rights including employment, food and medicine, and freedom of movement.
The Italian politician warned that “the uncontrolled spread of the COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a potential health threat, which also jeopardizes the lives of humanitarian workers.”