The Spanish nationality of the inhabitants of Western Sahara. Spanish jurisprudence practice

El Sahara Occidental dejó de estar bajo soberanía de España el 26 de febrero de 1976. Por ello, todos los ciudadanos nacidos en este territorio antes de esa fecha reclaman la nacionalidad española. Los saharauis entienden que nacieron en una zona que, en ese momento, formaba parte de España. Pero la justicia no opina lo mismo, ya que, en junio del año 2020, una sentencia del Tribunal Supremo negó ese teórico derecho a los saharauis y estableció que haber nacido en el Sahara Occidental antes de la citada fecha no daba derecho a obtener la nacionalidad española de origen, al no considerarse que fuera territorio nacional. Western Sahara ceased to be under Spanish sovereignty on February 26, 1976. Therefore, all citizens born in this territory before that date claim Spanish nationality. The Saharawis understand that they were born in an area which, at that time, was part of Spain. But justice does not think so, since, in June 2020, a ruling of the Supreme Court denied this theoretical right to the Saharawis and established that being born in Western Sahara before that date did not give the right to obtain the Spanish nationality of origin, as it was not considered to be national territory