I don't think Catalonia is directly comparable. It's not occupied territory, it's a region/nation that wants to go their own way. Not even the staunchest Catala

I don't think Catalonia is directly comparable. It's not occupied territory, it's a region/nation that wants to go their own way. Not even the staunchest Catalan separatists defend a referendum where immigrants that arrive from elsewhere in Spain cannot vote. But coming from an invasion makes things rather different. That said, yeah, of course things are not that simple. Some of the people I'm calling settlers have been in Western Sahara for over 40 years, they may have children of voting age who were born there. Why wouldn't they vote in a referendum about the place that they call home, and where they even may have lived for their whole life? So it's not as easy as saying that the Moroccan government is wrong and the Polisario is right. But the GP painted a picture where Morocco is pro-referendum and Western Sahara won't have it, and that's clearly one-sided propaganda. Morocco wants a referendum under their conditions, and Western Sahara under theirs. Morocco has rejected UN-endorsed proposals of referendums, even proposals where Moroccan migrants/settlers would vote as well (see Baker Plan II in the links I posted, or elsewhere, of course). And all of this is in the context that started with the Green March, an invasion condemned by the UN that was made by Morocco, among other reasons... to prevent a referendum. So yeah, you of course have some valid points, but the GP's message is clearly propaganda.