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France to clamp down on Algerian dignitaries’ travel amid deportation dispute

France's Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau meets with police officers during a visit to Nimes on 16 May. © Sylvain THOMAS / AFP

French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau is “in the process” of tightening travel conditions to France for “a number of Algerian dignitaries” after Algeria refused to take back 120 nationals who are under an obligation to leave French territory, government spokesperson Sophie Primas said on Wednesday.

“The data we have shows that 120 individuals subject to an OQTF, who have valid documents [for return to Algeria] have not been accepted back by the Algerian authorities,” Primas said during the post-Cabinet meeting press briefing, without specifying a date.

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