The silent suffering

Washington has lately hosted a series of lobbying events from Morocco and the Polisario Front. It started with Aminatou Haidar, presented as a sahrawi activist. Defense Forum Foundation organized a reception at the Hill where Haidar detailed the violation of her human rights by the Moroccan authorities. Later, some twenty congressmen sent a letter to Condoleeza Rice asking her to put pressure on Morocco regarding the situation of human rights in the Sahara. Morocco's answer was quick, a delegation from several Sahrawis tribes visited the Capitol and met with congressmen to present the autonomy project.

Leaving the political arena aside, I am thinking about the Sahrawi women, men, and children still living in refugee camps in Algeria. Is Polisario or Morocco thinking about them ? Does Polisario or Morocco count the refugees in Tindouf as a crisis that should be solved ASAP or as a card to play with in Washington and Geneva ?