Algeria; refugee camp El Aiun;On February 27; 1976 in Bir Lehlu; the Polisario Front proclaimed the Sahara Democratic Arab Republic on the territory of the former Spanish Sahara colony. The Western Sahara area was annexed by Morocco in 1975 and has been occupied ever since.Celebrations for the 10th anniversary of the proclamation of the state-in-exile; the Sahara Democratic Arab Republic (DARS) It is celebrated in the refugee camps of the Saharawi people on Algerian soil.Here: Polisario soldiers in a jeep in the refugee camp.El Aiun; March 1st; 1986.