Why does Algeria have no other choice than to impose visa requirements on Moroccan nationals?

On the sidelines of the President of the Republic's trip to the city of Sidi Abdellah, in order to inaugurate new university centers on the occasion of Student Day, Senator Abdelouahab Benzaïm declared: “The Moroccans who come have two caps: Israeli and Moroccan”. Benzaïm is the first Algerian political leader to mention the need to impose a visa on Moroccan nationals for security considerations.

Abdelouahab Benzaïm talks about the many Israelis who can now travel to Morocco. “An Israeli cannot obtain a visa to enter Algeria, but if he requests it on behalf of Morocco, he could obtain it,” he clarified. While adding that “all those who return to Algeria from Morocco must be mentioned in a red box”, because according to him, “the Moroccans who come wear two hats: Israeli and Moroccan”.

The request from Senator Abdelouahab Benzaïm indeed seems coherent and legitimate, but what seems more urgent to us than the visa request is the immediate expulsion of illegal Moroccans in Algeria. Indeed, there are currently 1.2 million Moroccans in Algeria who present a permanent danger to our internal security.

For the most skeptical, I recall the tweet from French journalist Georges Malbrunot, on May 30, 2022, where he explained that the Mossad was recruiting massively among the Moroccan community in France to spy on France for the benefit of the Mossad! Knowing that we currently have at least 1.2 million Moroccans, a legitimate question can arise: who guarantees us that the Mossad is not doing the same thing with Moroccans established in Algeria?

Even if Algeria has tried for a very long time to differentiate between the Moroccan regime and the Moroccan people, reasons of state and the internal security of the country make the imposition of visas on Moroccan nationals inevitable. This measure should come into force after the Algerian presidential election in September 2024.

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