“Algeria categorically rejects ultimatums and threats”said the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs this Thursday, February 27, after François Bayrou’s statements after the inter -ministerial immigration control committee. The French Prime Minister launched, this Wednesday, February 26, an ultimatum “From one month to six weeks” in Algeria, threatening to review “All agreements” bilateral on migration issues.
“Any questioning of the 1968 agreement (…) will be followed by Algeria in the same questioning of other agreements and protocols of the same nature ”warned Algiers. As a reminder, this agreement gives Algerians a special, even exceptional status, to enter and stay on French territory. Accusing a “Revanced and hateful French right” to fuel tensions, the Algerian Foreign Ministry said Thursday that Algiers had shown ” calm “ and “Retain” facing the” escalation “ French.
Tensions since 2024
Calls to denounce this agreement arise in a context of serious crisis with Algiers, in particular After the recent terrorist attack in Mulhouse: a 37 -year -old Algerian, in an irregular situation and under an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF), is accused of having killed a person with stabbing and injured seven others. “” The victims (…) are the direct victims of the refusal to apply these agreements ” With Algeria, said Prime Minister François Bayrou, recalling that the suspect had been presented “” fourteen times “ to the Algerian authorities, who have always refused to take it back.
Relations between Paris and Algiers have deteriorated since the summer of 2024 with the announcement of France’s support to the Moroccan autonomy plan for the disputed territory of Western Sahara. Tensions have further accentuated in recent weeks with the arrest of the Boualem Sansal writer in Algeria and that of several Algerian influencers in France for the apology of violence.
