Following the example of Guinea, Mali has summoned its Ambassador to Algiers to express its rejection of the ill-treatment of Sub-Saharan migrants by Algerian authorities. In total, some 1440 Malians underwent arbitrary expulsions and were abandoned in harsh conditions by Algerian authorities between January and March 2018. Mali, in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), set up hosting facilities on the Algerian borders to receive migrants kicked out by Algerian authorities. This anti-migrant practices and rhetoric were behind the recall of the Guinean Ambassador to Algiers earlier in January. In Conakry, the Algerian official has surely tried to convince his interlocutors to appoint an ambassador to Algiers.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 20, 2018 07:52 UTC