Algiers summoned, on Wednesday, the French ambassador stationed there, following Paris’ decision to reduce the number of visas granted to Algerians.
Tolger does not lose heart, and does not digest the latest announcements coming straight from Paris in terms of migration policy. France has indeed informed, Tuesday 28 September, it greatly reduced the number of visas granted to Algerians in particular. Across the Mediterranean, the decision is seen as an affront. Also, the Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs decided to summon, Wednesday, the French ambassador stationed in the country to protest against the Parisian decision, according to an official statement.
The ambassador, François Gouyette, was notified of “a formal protest from the Algerian government following a unilateral decision by the French government affecting the quality and fluidity of the movement of Algerian nationals to France,” the ministry said. in a press release.
Algiers deplores a decision taken without prior consultation
Paris announced on Tuesday the reduction in the number of visas granted to nationals of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia due to the “refusal” of these Maghreb countries to issue the consular passes necessary for the return of immigrants returned from France.
“This decision, which took place without prior consultation with the Algerian party, contains the crippling anomaly of having been the subject of media uproar generating confusion and ambiguity as to its motivations and its scope”, estimated the Algerian ministry. He also deplored an “unfortunate act which strikes with precariousness and uncertainty a sensitive area of cooperation” between the two countries.
