In September 2026, Spain's Congress moved to extend citizenship to tens of thousands of Sahrawis born under its colonial rule — a gesture of historical repair that carries the weight of unresolved empire. The measure, which would grant Spanish and EU nationality to those born in Western Sahara before 1977, does not redraw any borders, yet it unsettles the careful diplomatic architecture Madrid and Rabat have built. Like all attempts to legislate justice across time, it raises the question of where historical obligation ends and present-day consequence begins.