MEP Alain Hutchinson, Vice-Chairman of the Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries in the European Parliament (EP), denounced on Monday organized leaks for some media of a draft report on the visit to Morocco by the delegation that will be debated Tuesday.

A Sahrawi man, beneficiary of the HCR-led family visits exchange programme between Morocco's Southern Provinces, the Sahara, and the Tindouf camps has decided not to return to the camps and settle in Morocco.  Homa Moulay Mokhtar from the Rguibat-Bouihat tribe arrived in Smara city, south of Morocco, part of the ninth family visit exchange in 2009.

Morocco's southern provinces are witnessing an exceptional urbanization and growth rate compared to the rest of the country, ambassador and Morocco's representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Omar Hilale said on Tuesday.

The association of the disappeared of the Polisario on Sunday waged a sin in in the southern city of Laayoune, to voice solidarity with the women held in the Polisario-run camps of Tindouf.

Algeria is the only country in the world that opposes the return to Morocco of people living on its territory, Morocco's permanent ambassador to the United Nations Office at Geneva said on Thursday.