Spain's Congress voted to grant nationality to people born in Western Sahara under Spanish rule before 1977 — plus their children.

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Spain's Congress voted to grant nationality to people born in Western Sahara under Spanish rule before 1977 — plus their children. When Spain abandoned the territory in 1975–76, Sahrawis were technically given one year to claim Spanish nationality, but most couldn't because Morocco and Mauritania had already occupied their land. This law fixes that five decades later. Estimates of eligible people range from 70,000 to 200,000, many living in refugee camps in Algeria. The timing is politic