| European aids to Tindouf camps must be controlled, Belgian deputy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Oumnia Guedda The Belgian deputy, Denis Ducarme, affirmed Monday in Rabat that
“the Sahrawis (in Tindouf camps) do not benefit from the minimum
of the aid granted to the Polisario”, reported MAP news agency. Ducarme, an official from the Belgian commission in charge of elaborating a report on the situation in Tindouf camps, held a meeting with the President of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS), Khalihenna Ould Errachid. The Belgian deputy affirmed that “the commission noticed the persistence of human rights' violations in the camps”, underlining that “it is a necessity to stop funding the unacceptable and the Europeans should not indirectly participate in the exactions and violence against the Sahrawis.” “The commission, composed of politicians, lawyers and human rights' militants, aims at better informing the institutions of the European Union and the member states on the situation in the Tindouf camps and making sure that it is the Sahrawi population in the camps who benefit from the aid,” he explained. “As Europeans, we want to take our responsibilities regarding this issue,” he said, adding that “many European countries dot not know the real situation in the region.” According to Ducarme, the commission's report will stress the application of human rights in Tindouf camps and the destination of the humanitarian aid granted to the Lahmada population. He explained that the work of the commission, which intends to visit the camps, is to prolong the report of the European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center (ESISC), which was recently published and dedicated to the situation in Tindouf. The Belgian deputy recalled that the commission was formed following the demonstrations on May 29 in Tindouf, where many people were deprived of their essential needs and imprisoned without trial. Besides Denis Ducarme, the commission is composed of Pierre Legros,
founder of Lawyers Without Borders Organisation, Claude Moniquet,
ESISC president and Farid Jeddi, journalist and analyst in ESISC.
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