Moroccan settlers

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Following the 1975 Green March, on the course of Western Sahara conflict, the Moroccan state has sponsored settlement schemes enticing thousands of Moroccans to move into the Moroccan-occupied part of Western Sahara (80% of the Western Sahara territory). By 2015, it was estimated that Moroccan settlers made up at least two thirds of the 500,000 inhabitants in the Western Sahara region.^[1]

See also

• Israeli settlement
• Turkish settlers in Northern Cyprus

References

External links

Media related to Moroccan settlers at Wikimedia Commons