Mon Dec 4, 8:19 AM ET  MADRID (AFP) - More than 200 people from the Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara have asked Spain for political asylum after reaching the Canary Islands in small boats.
The Sahrawis are young people who in the previous 18 months took part in demonstrations demanding the independence of the Western Sahara and say they fled repression by Morocco’s security forces, the Spanish daily El Pais reported Monday.
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Announcing the launch of a terrific new web site, created by Australians planning to make a film about Western Sahara - here you will be able to virtually visit a refugee camp in Algeria, watch short Saharawi films and experience The Wall of Shame!
Visit  www.thewallofshame.info

YANUCA ISLAND, Fiji, 30 November -– The UN Special Committee on Decolonization put forward 48 conclusions and recommendations regarding the situation in Non-Self-Governing Territories as it concluded its three-day Pacific Regional Seminar.
A statement by Kamal Fadel, representive of the Frente Polisario - Western Sahara, was presented regarding the issue of the Non-Self-Governing Territory of Western Sahara.
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