New exchange of family visits

The family visit exchange operation, led by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), between the Tindouf camps in southern Algeria and the Kingdom's Southern provinces, continued on Thursday with the organisation of the 2nd trip for the year 2013, to and from the provinces of Laâyoune and Smara.This exchange saw the participation of 280 beneficiaries belonging to 40 families, indicates a statement from the Moroccan Coordination Office with MINURSO.Thus, 18 families totalling 136 people from the provinces of Laâyoune and Smara boarded a UN aircraft on Thursday at Hassan I Airport in Laâyoune, bound for Tindouf, before 22 families totalling 144 people from the same camp disembarked from the same plane, the same source specified.This exchange took place in good conditions and all arrangements were made to ensure a warm welcome for the participants, the statement emphasise…