After more than a year of closure linked to the Covid-19 pandemic, Algeria will partially reopen its borders “from the beginning of June”, the presidency announced on Sunday in a press release.
Algeria will partially reopen its borders “from the beginning of June”, after more than a year of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the presidency announced on Sunday (May 16) in a press release.
“After the presentation of the recommendations, the Council of Ministers approved proposals in favor of a partial opening of the Algerian land and air borders from the beginning of June,” the statement said.
This reopening will begin with “a plan of five daily flights to and from the airports of Algiers, Constantine, and Oran”, the largest cities in the country, from June 1, specifies the text published at the end of the Sunday Council of Ministers. It will operate in “strict compliance” with preventive measures against Covid-19.
Several million Algerians abroad have had to deal with the closure of borders and the suspension of commercial flights and maritime links, decided on March 17, 2020.
Since then, the authorities have organized repatriation flights for their nationals, under conditions, but they were suspended on March 1 due to the emergence of the English variant at the end of February in Algeria.
The prolonged border closures have sparked protests, if not anger, within the large Algerian diaspora, particularly in France.
