Sofian Philip Naceur#Algeria continues its turnaround and significantly expands anti-migration and border regime cooperation with #Europe. Yesterday, Algiers signed a bilateral police agreement with #Switzerland that covers "clandestine migration" and joint police training 1/ https://www.aps.dz/algerie/188783-algerie-suisse-signature-d-un-accord-de-cooperation-bilaterale-entre-les-polices-des-deux-pays
The deal was signed in Algiers by both states police chiefs and attended by #Algeria-s Minister of Interior and the Swiss Minister of Justice and Police. In recent years, Bern expressed content regarding Algiers' "improved cooperation" on forced returns 2/ https://ftdes.net/en/suppression-of-movement-migration-control-manufactured-precarity-and-racialised-border-regimes-in-post-hirak-algeria-in-the-name-of-sovereignty-at-the-service-of-rent-accumulation/
Only days ago, #ICMPD-s General Director Michael #Spindelegger met with an #Algeria-n delegation in #Malta to kick off the Steering Committee of the Algeria-ICMPD cooperation, an anti-migration cooperation scheme funded by #Denmark, the #Netherlands and #Switzerland 3/ https://www.icmpd.org/news/icmpd-director-general-and-deputy-dg-meet-with-algeria-delegation-to-strengthen-cooperation-on-migration-governance-in-the-mediterranean
Part of the Algeria-ICMPD cooperation appears to be #Algeria-s participation in #ICMPD-s regional Malta-based Training Institute on how to suppress migration movement. According to ICMPD, Algerian officials expressed commitment to support the institute and get involved 4/ https://www.icmpd.org/news/icmpd-director-general-and-deputy-dg-meet-with-algeria-delegation-to-strengthen-cooperation-on-migration-governance-in-the-mediterranean
The deals with #Switzerland and #ICMPD materialise shortly after #Algeria had abandoned its reluctance in formal anti-migration cooperation with European states. In January, Algiers had already signed a police protocol with #Italy and,in recent years, expanded police cooperation with #Germany 5/
