Royaume du Maroc Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et de la Coopération Aide-Mémoire HCR/ Census of the Tindouf camps Population 1. The populations of the Tindouf Camps, in Algeria, have never been subject neither to a registration nor to a census by the...
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Royaume du Maroc Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et de la Coopération Aide-Mémoire HCR/ Census of the Tindouf camps Population 1. The populations of the Tindouf Camps, in Algeria, have never been subject neither to a registration nor to a census by the UNHCR. Hence, the figure used, until now, by the High Commissariat does not rely on any reliable data and remains almost unchanging since more than three decades (refer to the annex on the evolution of estimations). 2. The census is a mandatory duty of the UNHCR, as asserted by many UN General Assembly resolutions and recommendations of the Executive Committee of the High Commissariat (refer to the annex on the legal foundations of the census). Registration and census constitute, also, a prerequisite to UNHCR exercising its mandate of protection of refugees and provision for the necessary humanitarian aid to them. 3. As asylum country, Algeria has the obligation to facilitate the fulfillment of UNHCR’s mandate, and to allow the High Co
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