National Assembly Rejects Bid To Change Franco-Algerian Immigration Deal
Several measures in the French immigration bill currently under discussion will not apply to Algerians, who have benefited from privileged status since 1968.
Several measures in the French immigration bill currently under discussion will not apply to Algerians, who have benefited from privileged status since 1968.
The move highlights Algeria’s geopolitical and economic reorientation toward Russia and China and away from the collective West.
The new Algeria-China partnership, along side Algeria’s growing military and economic relationship with Russia, feed into a regional conflict between Algeria and Morocco over Western Sahara.
Russia played on long-established trade ties with Algiers and the historic memory of the nation’s independence struggle against France as it entrenched military cooperation with Algeria last week.
Illegal crossings of the Mediterranean intensify, with human traffickers mainly departing from Morocco and Algeria.
Spain may be on a collision course with EU energy policy after a diplomatic conflict with Algeria forced increased reliance on Russian gas imports.
Algerian authorities shut down the country’s oldest human rights organisation and now they’ve arrested Raof Farah, a dual French-Algerian citizen.
Libya became the latest North African country to sign a gas deal with Italy as Meloni continues the diplomatic blitz of the region discussing energy security and migration.
“Don’t forget the last colony of Africa, Western Sahara … Let us fight to free Western Sahara from oppression,” said Mandla Mandela.
Anti-French sentiment is on the rise in Algeria, especially since Emmanuel Macron’s statements in October 2021, when he condemned the political-military system in place.
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