Algeria denies targeting sub-Saharan migrants for expulsions

African asylum seekers protest in Tel Aviv, Israel, on January 7, 2014. Algeria reacted angrily on May 24, 2018 after NGOs accused the North African country of arresting sub-Saharan migrants en masse and forcefully deporting them. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Algeria blasted rights groups on Thursday for leading a "malicious campaign" against it, after NGOs accused the North African country of arresting sub-Saharan migrants en masse and forcefully deporting them.

Algerian rights groups, activists and civil society members launched an advocacy push in mid-May entitled "We are all migrants!".