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The Occupation We Choose to Ignore’

Do you know who I am? I am a Sahrawi. The land to which I refer is what is known today as the non-self-governing territory ofWestern Sahara. My country was colonized by the Spanish and the French between 1884 and 1975, divided in two and occupied by Moroccan and Mauritanian forces thereafter, and has been ruled exclusively by the Kingdom of Morocco from 1979 until the present.

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Oblivion it seems is the current reality for the arid North African territory of Western Sahara; often referred to as Africa’s ‘Last Colony’. In my opinion, it would be more accurate to describe it as ‘Africa’s Forgotten Colony’.

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Feb 20, 2012

Here are the vessels that violated international law - fishelsewhere.eu

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The list of vessels active under the now repealed EU-Morocco fisheries agreement has just been released. Download the list here.
Published: 16.12 - 2011 19:04Printer version
It is not clear at this point which of these vessels were fishing in Western Sahara's waters, but they are among those listed. On Wednesday, the European Parliament voted down the fish deal with Morocco over Western Sahara.

According to the European Commission's external evaluation of the fish accord with Morocco, 74% of the EU's vessels were fishing in Saharawi waters. Furthermore, the report stated that the agreement was the worst of all ongoing bilateral agreements in terms of costs and benefits, and contributed to the destruction of marine life.

The European Parliament’s legal service considered the agreement to be in violation of international law, since Western Sahara is not part of Morocco, and the people of the territory had never approved of nor benefitted from the fisheries.

The document containing the names, registration numbers, flags and other info on the vessels active under the agreement was published by fishsubsidy.org, a project coordinated by the UK based organisation EU Transparency.

List of vessels active under the EU-Morocco FPA (81 KB)

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