PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron issued a public hands-off warning to his ministers after they attempted to turn up the dial with Algeria amid the two countries’ increasingly bitter diplomatic spat. “We need to engage in a rigorous and respectful dialogue,” Macron said in an interview with French daily Le Figaro published on Tuesday.

Tens of thousands of Algerians are living in France without legal permission. But the Algiers government is refusing to take back even dangerous criminals. The dispute threatens to upend a historic migration pact.

PARIS — Algeria clapped back at France on Wednesday amid a deepening row between the two countries, accusing Paris of following “orders from the far right” by clamping down on visas granted to Algerians.

Relations between France and Algeria have hit a new low with Algiers blaming the rise of the French far right for a more combative approach from Paris towards its former colony. Relations soured further in November when Algeria arrested French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal on national security charges after he told a French far-right media outlet that Morocco's territory was truncated in favour of Algeria during French colonial rule.

Some experts argue that France's growing war of words with its former colony stems partly from the government's desire to appease the far right on migration.

Rabat - As relations between Paris and Algiers remain strained, French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau announced a “graduated response” against As relations between Paris and Algiers remain strained,

Algeria's Imane Khelif and Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting each won gold in boxing amid an uproar about whether they were eligible to compete in the women’s division.

French Prime Minister François Bayrou announced on Wednesday that Paris would be reexamining the 1968 migration pact that has historically made it easier for Algerians to settle in France. This

Algeria reaffirms its ‘absolute rejection of being addressed with ultimatums, warnings or threats,’ says Foreign Ministry - Anadolu Ajansı

A dispute over immigration has ramped up tension between France and Algeria. The row flared after Algeria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected France's demand that it take back deported Algerian nationals.

PARIS, Feb 26 (Reuters) - France said on Wednesday it would review a decades-old agreement that makes it easier for Algerian citizens to move to France unless Algeria agrees to take back those who ...

The move from French Prime Minister François Bayrou comes after a deadly knife attack in which the main suspect is a man of Algerian origin.