Algerian authorities have deported more than 27,000 Sub-Saharan migrants since 2015, in a move that is praised by the interior ministry and denounced by rights groups that see in Algeria’s crackdown on migrants and asylum seekers a violation of elementary rights. The black-man-hunt has been clearly endorsed by authorities in Algeria at a time the country was hard-hit by the slump in oil prices. In the face of Algeria’s unrelenting crackdown on migrants and asylum seekers who are denied the right to apply for refugee status, international rights watchdogs have lambasted Algeria’s shameful practices. In its annual report, Amnesty International deplored that Algeria failed to improve on human rights at all levels, registering degrading treatment of migrants by Algerian authorities. Civil society associations in Guinea, Gabon and Niger have urged the African Union to put the issue of the human rights violations by Algerian authorities against Sub-Saharan migrants on the agenda.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 23, 2018 17:15 UTC