Algeria suspends consular cooperation in southern France

Algeria has reportedly suspended all consular cooperation and services in southern France, particularly Nice, Marseille and Montpellier, according to Middle East Monitor on March 13^th.

In a move said to be a response to the “successive campaigns to persecute irregular Algerian migrants who have been issued administrative orders to deport them from French territory.”

Consular hearings of Algerian nationals held in detention centres will thus be suspended and so any Algerian national detained without a passport cannot be deported back to Algeria. This move follows Algeria recently rejecting 23 Algerians who had been issued deportation orders from France.

Middle East Monitor