Page 72 d) 213. Anti-personnel Mines The landmines planted in Western Sahara and Southern Morocco since the beginning of the political and military conflict between Morocco and the Polisario in late 1975, still cause more deaths, especially among the livestock owners and the rural people. The death toll as a result of landmine explosives stands at more than 600 among both sexes and different age groups, with hundreds more being wounded. 214. It is to be recalled that the mines and substances that have not exploded pose a threat not only to human lives, but also restricts the movement of the social sector that depends on breeding livestock as their only source of livelihood. The situation is exacerbated by movement to areas that are hitherto considered safe of these landmines due to natural factors. The United Nations estimated the areas of Western Sahara where those mines have been planted to reach 100,000 square kilometres. This represents more than one third of the region‟s total area after Morocco‟s construction of the military wall along the more than 2,400 kilometres, thereby dividing the Sahrawi people and land into two. The military wall is guarded by more than 120,000 Moroccan soldiers and anti-personnel landmines planted there, which causes great loss of lives among Sahrawis. 215. The victims of landmines still suffer from marginalisation and neglect. The Moroccan State has failed to provide them with a physical and psychological rehabilitation centre, coupled with the absence of the necessary psychological treatment and care as well as compensation for damages.