Minister’s son swindles thousands of Algerians promising them Schengen visas

Thousands of Algerians who were denied Schengen visas had to pay additional fees for an intermediate agency that allegedly forwards the applicants‘dossiers to the French embassy to make an appeal, at the moment when the French authorities have introduced this new procedure just recently sparking the applicants’ indignation.

• Estimates reveal that 80 thousand Algerian are denied visas annually and a large majority resort to make appeals.