Algeria repatriates 837 fellow citizens trapped in the peninsula by the pandemic from the Port of Alicante | Radio Alicante | Present

This Wednesday is scheduled to set sail from Port of Alicante the ferry ‘Djazair 1’ bound for Oran with 837 Algerian citizens that were trapped in the peninsula after the pandemic was decreed on March 14. The boat has the capacity to 1,300 passages, but sanitary measures have forced the limitation of capacity.

In principle, it is the only ship that the Algerian government will charter from Alicante. All the passengers are residents of the African country and they were surprised in Europe when Borders were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Port sources point out that the operation has nothing to do with the Operation Crossing the Strait (OPE), which is still suspended.

The Algerian consulate in Alicante has been in charge of drawing up the access list to the ship and there is a second waiting list, as confirmed by sources from Radio Alicante. National Police. Vulnerable people, students and other groups that lack support in Spain have been prioritized.

The situation has generated that many of those who have not been able to board, have approached to the consulate headquarters of Algeria in Alicante, located on Pintor Velázquez street, for more information. The National Police guarantees that everything passes with “total normality” both around the consulate and at the boarding dock, where it collaborates with the rest of the device.

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