In September 2026, Spain's Congress moved to extend citizenship to Sahrawis born under its colonial rule in Western Sahara — a gesture of historical reckoning that quietly reshapes the human geography of a long-unresolved dispute. The measure, still awaiting Senate approval, could grant EU citizenship to as many as 110,000 people, binding Spain to a population whose future remains one of the world's most contested questions. Morocco, which had rebuilt its partnership with Madrid on the foundation of Spain's 2022 support for its autonomy proposal, now watches as that same Madrid reaches back in