39.000 African migrants transmit 10 epidemics to Algerians across the borders every year

Maj. Gen and Deputy Minister of National Defense, Chief of Staff of National People’s Army, Ahmed Gaid Salah, sent on Wednesday, in the framework of a working visit and inspection of units of the Third Military Region in Bachar (southern Algeria), a prescriptive for all armed units, especially the services of the border guards and military personnel to impose tight control on African immigrants, after it was discovered that malaria cases, which has spread in many cities were imported from African country.

Official sources from the Ministry of National Defense told Echorouk that Gaid Saleh stressed, during his recent visit to the need to combat illegal immigration, especially Africans, after their risk exceeds the various crimes such as fraud, smuggling, witchcraft, drugs and other crimes to reach health of Algerians considering that many killer diseases are transmitted through these illegal Africans who have taken from Algeria a transit center.

Deputy Minister of National Defense said during his visit to the third military region, that the situation in the Sahel region has produced dangerous results, including the risks of serious epidemics, from Mali and Niger which are the source of epidemic cases in Algeria, such as malaria by 90%.

Doctors of the military health warned of the dangers resulting from the displacement of illegal migrants coming from 23 African countries to Algeria, especially after the events in Libya and Mali, and the consequences of the flow of refugees who have made the risk exceeds to weapons and drugs’ trafficking, to extend to the infectious diseases that are transmitted by more than 9000 illegal immigrants annually to Algeria, and 30000 refugees, who transmit 10 dangerous diseases such as malaria and AIDS.

In terms of numbers, the services of central health at the national gendarmerie recorded during the last three years over 20,000 illegal immigrants, during the last ten months, and more than 1733 cases which resulted in the arrest of 3642 people, including 107 women, as the same services recorded during the 4 months of the current year 697 cases.