
According to media reports, today, Wednesday, Algeria decided to suspend its consular relations with the governorates of Nice, Marseille and Montesse in the south of French, in response to “continuing the campaigns to pursue the irregular Algerian immigrants who were issued against them administrative orders to deport from the French soil.”
The Algerian newspaper “Al -Khobar” quoted the French radio station “Europe 1” as saying that the Algerian consulate in Nice had arrested, since yesterday, Tuesday, all forms of consular cooperation with the city authorities, “a few days after stopping relations with the Algerian consulates in Marseille and Montelier.”
The newspaper noted that as a direct result of this decision, all the consular measures related to the Algerian prisoners and detainees in France will stop, and therefore no consular permits in these three cities will be granted until further notice.
She explained that if the French authorities stop an illegal immigrant who does not have a passport and wanted to verify his identity with the Algerian consular authority in the city concerned, then you will not find the required cooperation.
It also indicated that this process is based on an agreement between the two countries, the most important thing that it contains is that France can not expel any Algerian unless it obtains a consular license that allows this.
The “Europe 1” station revealed that Algeria has not accepted 23 Algerians who were issued orders to deport from France, since the incident of refusing to enter the citizen Boualam Noman, known as “Doulaun”, last January, which has been staying in Montpellier for 30 years.
Algeria has 18 consulates in France, distributed in cities that include the largest number of Algerian immigrants. According to the French media about those involved in the expulsion, the largest number of them is present in the three cities included in the Algerian decision to suspend consular relations.
In a related context, the French Internal Security Director, Celine Burton, confirmed today, Wednesday, that the security cooperation between Algeria and France is now at its lowest level, “describing the situation as” difficult “.
“Today, the political trends are playing roundabouts in what we can do with Algeria,” Burton said in a statement to the French news channel, France Info. We hope this condition finds a quick solution. ”
Severe tension has controlled for weeks on Algerian -French relations, as Algeria accuses the extreme right of seeking political gains at the expense of bilateral relations, while the French authorities say that Algeria refuses to cooperate in the immigration file and deport its illegal nationals who pose a threat to its internal security.