Algeria has suspended the application of the 1968 agreement signed with Paris, in its clause relating to the movement of persons, amended in 1994, which abandoned great privileges to Algerians, and granted great facilities to the French party to the expulsion of Algerian nationals, a step passed over in silence until it was detonated by the media.
In this regard, an official French document marked with a leaked “secret” logo revealed the nature of the decision taken by the Algerian authorities in response to their French counterpart, who in turn took the decision to halve the number of visas granted to Algerians nationals.
A document published by French media indicates that the Algerian authorities responded to the decision to reduce visas by not accepting any illegal immigrant that Paris wants to deport to Algeria, by granting the competent French services a “permit to the passage”, which is the only requirement for those who do not have valid official travel documents.
We know that the decision of the French authorities to reduce the visas granted to Algerian nationals has provoked official and popular anger in Algeria, and this is what the special envoy in charge of the Maghreb countries and the Western Sahara file said. , Ammar Bellani, who called the decision “incoherent”.
this document, issued by the French Ministry of the Interior and disseminated in the interest of the Directorate of Immigration, specified that “due to the diplomatic and political differences between Algeria and France linked to the decision to reduce visas granted to Algerian nationals, the Algerian authorities have decided not to accept any forced expulsion (of an illegal immigrant) from France. The document was signed on December 6th.
The document specified that “this refusal also concerns Algerians who, when this measure was still in force, could benefit from a nominal readmission agreement sent by the Algerian embassy in France”. According to the document, Algeria has instructed its consular networks in France not to guarantee any consular hearings (for those to be deported), as well as not to issue any consular “passage permits” for short-term deportees.
The document also referred to the decision of the Algerian authorities not to apply the terms of the 1968 agreement resulting from the 1994 amendment, which provides for the possibility for the French side to expel an illegal Algerian immigrant, who has a valid or expired Algerian identity card. or an expired passport.
According to these decisions, the document adds, the office of the French Minister of the Interior required the civil servant of the Direction of immigration, the need to ensure that in the event that an administrative district initiates any procedure of expulsion to Algeria, the Algerian national is voluntarily ready to return to his country in addition to another associated condition, which is the availability of This person to be deported must be in possession of valid travel documents (passport), and after approval by the Directorate of Immigration and the Attaché of Internal Security in Algeria.
The document pointed out that the documents required for the demarcation of any expulsion of an Algerian national from French soil, must be accompanied by an Algerian travel document (passport) or a consular “passport” of two originals, and is also valid, and that the person affected by the expulsion voluntarily accepts the expulsion, In addition, it is available on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, with a lifespan of not more than 36 hours.
On the basis of this document, Algeria refuses to buy tickets for Algerian nationals voluntarily expelled from French soil by the French Ministry of the Interior, unless the person concerned by the expulsion bears the travel expenses. or one of his relatives. wants to leave voluntarily and owns the cost of the ticket, after it is available, of course, on a valid passport.
