Sofian Philip Naceur (@sofiannaceur) 's Twitter Profile
Sofian Philip Naceur

@sofiannaceur

Journo, formerly Cairo-based, now on the move for @RLS_NA & others. Tweets on 🇪🇬 🇩🇿 🇹🇳 border regimes, migration, urban development, arms trade, genocide

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Migration control has turned into an ever-present subject of discourses & state policies across northern Africa. Corresponding matters in #Algeria, however, remain strongly unreported. Thus, this FTDES report aims at contributing to bridge this gap 1/ ftdes.net/suppression-of…

Migration control has turned into an ever-present subject of discourses &amp; state policies across northern Africa. Corresponding matters in #Algeria, however, remain strongly unreported. Thus, this <a href="/FT_DES/">FTDES</a> report aims at contributing to bridge this gap 1/

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In 2023, #Algeria responded to #Tunisia-s new deportation practices by also tightening migration control. Mass expulsions of people by ALG authorities to #Niger were expanded while the state deports more & more people to #Libya & once again, to #Morocco 2/ ftdes.net/suppression-of…

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In the past, #Algeria, unlike neighboring countries, was considered extremely reluctant to formally integrate into the European border regime, near-consistently refusing to take part in Europe-funded ‘border management’ projects 4/ ftdes.net/suppression-of…

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Under President #Tebboune and army chief #Chengriha, however, the state initiated a cautious turnaround and expanded its (anti-)migration cooperation with #Italy, #Germany and #IOM, mostly in regards to police training and deportation cooperation 5/

Under President #Tebboune and army chief #Chengriha, however, the state initiated a cautious turnaround and expanded its (anti-)migration cooperation with #Italy, #Germany and #IOM, mostly in regards to police training and deportation cooperation 5/
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The state’s reprisals against non-Algerian harraga, their precarisation and the widespread racism (re-)produced by the state and large parts of society are, however,in stark contrast to #Algeria-s anti-imperialist past 6/ ftdes.net/suppression-of…

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As of today, however, only traces of this once staunch alignment with the Global South remain. Yet the state maintains a political imagery and foreign policy nurtured by the spirit of the post-colonial #Algeria of the 1960s and 70s 7/ ftdes.net/suppression-of…

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Today, the international solidarity occasionally vocalised by the #Algeria-n state is a conditional and selective one that is limited by the regime’s internal tug-of-war over access to hydrocarbon revenues and, at best, the “anti-imperialist strategies” of foreign policy 8/

Today, the international solidarity occasionally vocalised by the #Algeria-n state is a conditional and selective one that is limited by the regime’s internal tug-of-war over access to hydrocarbon revenues and, at best, the “anti-imperialist strategies” of foreign policy 8/
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The Algerian government nourishes the country’s alienation from its African neighbors by fueling racism, exploitation and the continuation of intermediary repression, helped along by EU agencies, EU governments, UN-affiliated bodies and neighboring states 9/

The Algerian government nourishes the country’s alienation from its African neighbors by fueling racism, exploitation and the continuation of intermediary repression, helped along by EU agencies, EU governments, UN-affiliated bodies and neighboring states 9/
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Migration control has turned into an ever-present subject of public discourses and government interventions across northern Africa. Corresponding matters in Algeria, however, remain strongly unreported 10/ ftdes.net/suppression-of…

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This report aims at providing a mapping of the state’scrackdowns against harraga, the authorities’ retention infrastructure, the security services’ deportation practices, and Algeria’s engagement with foreign governments regarding the suppression of movement FTDES 11/

This report aims at providing a mapping of the state’scrackdowns against harraga, the authorities’ retention infrastructure, the security services’ deportation practices, and Algeria’s engagement with foreign governments regarding the suppression of movement <a href="/FT_DES/">FTDES</a> 11/
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In the latest show of force against popular displays of solidarity with Gaza, the Supreme State Security Prosecution has ordered for six Egyptians to be detained for 15 days after they were questioned over their support for the Global March to Gaza. The decision was made despite

In the latest show of force against popular displays of solidarity with Gaza, the Supreme State Security Prosecution has ordered for six Egyptians to be detained for 15 days after they were questioned over their support for the Global March to Gaza.

The decision was made despite
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A law amending the rent control system, which has sheltered thousands of tenants from rent increases for decades, was passed on Wednesday by the House of Representatives following months of debate and controversy. The bill has faced substantial opposition from both renters and

A law amending the rent control system, which has sheltered thousands of tenants from rent increases for decades, was passed on Wednesday by the House of Representatives following months of debate and controversy.

The bill has faced substantial opposition from both renters and
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Though widely underreported, Algeria has significantly escalated its anti-migration policies. A new FTDES report by our Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung North Africa colleague Sofian Philip Naceur lays out Algeria's repression of people on the move and growing collaboration with European states.ftdes.net/en/suppression…

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6 Egyptians abducted from their homes and forcibly disappeared in mid June as Egyptian authorities were cracking down on Global March to Gaza were ordered into pretrial detention on usual political charges of joining a terror group & publishing false news madamasr.com/en/2025/07/02/…

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As several international convoys rally in solidarity with Gaza, Engy Sarhan examines how high-visibility actions often collapse into spectacle and fall prey to reproducing the supremacist politics they are intended to oppose. Reflecting on the Global March to Gaza and the

As several  international convoys rally in solidarity with Gaza, Engy Sarhan examines how high-visibility actions often collapse into spectacle and fall prey to reproducing the supremacist politics they are intended to oppose. Reflecting on the Global March to Gaza and the
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"EU’s #migration policy is increasingly shaped by a logic of control, returns, and externalisation — often at the expense of #human_rights and #accountability" Latest #InsightsMigration for news, agenda, data & publications! ➡️mailchi.mp/ac3083c82396/e… ☑️bit.ly/Insights_signup

"EU’s #migration policy is increasingly shaped by a logic of control, returns, and externalisation — often at the expense of #human_rights and #accountability"

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Once a symbol of anti-imperial unity, BRICS now risks becoming the very thing Bandung opposed: a club of powerful states reproducing global inequality in a new key. africasacountry.com/2025/07/the-sp…

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Le tribunal de Sidi M'hamed (#Alger) a condamné, le secrétaire général de la #Fédération_nationale_des_travailleurs_du_transport_ferroviaire à deux ans de prison ferme assortis d'une amende de deux millions de dinars pour avoir appelé à une grève ouverte. laradiodessansvoix.org/post/un-syndic…