The new legislation which was adopted by the Council of Ministers in September provides up to ten years in prison for smugglers and up to six months for trying to leave Algerian territory illegally.
“But emigration is the anomaly of a profoundly sick society, and it is pointless trying to solve this kind of phenomenon with prison and controls. The whole country wants to leave: there are thousands of Algerians who leave illegally, risking their lives in the sea. But do middle-upper class families not dream of a life and job abroad too? The difference is that they leave with a visa on an aeroplane.” All have the same objective: Europe.
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Ifølge Wiki: 32,5 millioner indbyggere i Algeriet.
Antallet af illegale immigranter i Grækenland stiger kraftigt.
The NATO-Mediterranean dialogue is “a real success story” for the secretary general of the Atlantic alliance, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.