International NGOs and rights watchdogs continue to deplore Algeria’s meagre record in respecting migrants’ rights as the North African country continues its black manhunt, summarily deporting thousands of Sub-Saharan migrants and asylum seekers in harsh conditions. Algerian Interior Minister told MPs recently that the country deported 25,000 Sub-Saharans since 2015, adding that deportations are still undergoing. Algeria’s ill treatment of Sub-Saharans earned it the wrath and condemnation of African countries. Earlier this month, repatriated Malians protested the mistreatment of sub-Saharan migrants by the Algerian government by vandalising the Algerian embassy in Bamako, Mali. The protestors called on the African Union to tell Algeria that membership in the continental union demands that fellow Africans be treated with respect and dignity.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 01, 2018 23:03 UTC