For several months now, Algiers has been systematically turning back Algerian nationals who have committed criminal acts or become radicalised in the European Union. And the standoff with Paris is not about to end.
In a "moment of truth" the French government had been waiting for, Algeria has now decided not to follow up on a list of around 60 Algerian nationals considered to be threats to public order in France, and whose expulsion back to Algeria had been requested "as a priority" by the French Interior Ministry.
