More than 10,000 Tunisians entered Algeria after the fall of Ben Ali

15 February, 2011

Algiers- Corroborating sources of Ennahar reported that Tunisian nationals would have entered on Algeria waving Algerian flags and asking permission to stay until the situation calms down in their country.

According to the bordering center in the east of the country, 10,000 Tunisians would have entered in Algeria during the period of the fall of Ben Ali’s regime.

The bordering Center Um Tboul alone has recorded the entry of 6,000 Tunisian nationals following the events of the revolution of jasmine. About 600 Tunisian nationals came every day to do shopping; others come to refuel or to visit relatives.

The movement of people between Algeria and Tunisia has been reversed, so before we recorded a lot of Algerians visiting Tunisia, today it's more Tunisians who come to Algeria in number given the situation in their country after the events that led to the downfall of the regime of Ben Ali. Whole Tunisian families came to Algeria in recent days, waving Algerian flags to express the fraternal links that bind the two peoples.

Ennahar / Dalila Belkheir

Source: Ennahar.
Link: http://www.ennaharonline.com/en/news/5801.html.