A presence in the presence of absence .. Movement of Algeria with the eyes of immigrants

Hassiba Ibelaidan - Algeria

"The expatriate lives two lives, a life in which he achieves success and ascends the levels of the world, a life full of sorrow and jealousy, sorrowful because he can not help enough, and jealousy because he is unable to share with his sons the moments of happiness and ecstasy of success and career experience in his life First ".

These were the words of Ahmed Mahjeiba on his Facebook page, an Algerian who has been living in Canada for many years, to be the mouthpiece of millions of Algerian immigrants who are following the developments of the popular movement since 22 February.

The Algerian Consulate in the Canadian province of Montreal has been transformed into a space for mobility every Sunday. The specialists then meet in the framework of workshops discussing the "New Algeria Project", a project proposed by the Algerian Consulate General. Ahmed Mahjeeba is working at one of the world's leading centers of Applied Research Science.

The scenes of Montreal are repeated in the British capital London, where the number of the Algerian community about seventy thousand registered officially with the interests of the Algerian consulate. Salah Mohamed Marish, one of whom left Algeria 30 years ago, is holding a valuable photo archive documenting all his stops in front of the Algerian embassy in London, where hundreds make what they call "the mobility of London" accompanying Algeria's mobility.

Attendance and return
The conditions of life and labor commitments made most of the immigrants support the popular movement from their country of residence, but some of them did not resist the desire to return to the homeland. "The events followed from Germany until the seventh Friday, after which there was no room for hesitation. "Says Roushdi Chiahi, a resident of Berlin who has been living in Berlin for seven years.

According to Schiahi, the Algerians, despite the fact that they were able to transfer the voice of the popular movement to Germany, chose to meet every Sunday at the Brandenburg Gate, which was the separation between East and West Germany.

Shelahi is not the only one who brought the movement back to Algeria. Attorney Nahla Jabbi, who left Algeria in 2008 for Cairo, has also returned to demonstrate in Algiers, as she has never done before.

"Many people did not predict the strength of the first Friday of the popular movement, but I felt certain that something would happen, the political system went beyond reasonable limits, as if we were the laughing stock of the world," Nahla told Al Jazeera.net.

Movement gains
The tone of Nahla's voice changed, recalling how she clung to her phone and did not break it for a moment following the developments of the first Friday of the movement. She believed that the return of Algerians to their public advantage was in itself a big gain. The gathering and demonstration in the capital were banned before February 22.

"I lived my childhood and adolescence in Algeria in the 1990s. Today, as I watch the scenes of mobility, I feel that I have rediscovered the city and the people, everything is changing to the best," Nahla says.

"Everything that is successful in Algeria is linked to external hands. The electronic flies attacked me only because I lived for a while outside Algeria," says Tawfiq Amran, a blogger famous for his publications critical of the power practices in Algeria.

Although he was subjected to a crackdown on the launch of the Orange Jackets initiative aimed at preventing friction between the protesters and the police, Amran continued to support the movement. "If the situation improves I will not live outside my country, I will return to practicing my profession in my country," he said.

Isolation and marginalization
According to Professor of Sociology Nasser Jabi that recruiting migrants and their solidarity with the issues in Algeria is not new, despite the suffering of migrants from marginalization in a way that does not serve their interests and does not allow Algeria to benefit from them, their voices are demanding to unravel them and to involve them in the policies of the country with the return of the Ministry of the Community After its cancellation.

From an economic perspective, the former State Secretary for Prediction and Statistics Bashir Moustafa estimated the number of Algerian immigrants at about seven million. He called for the opening of a special bank for unrestricted remittances to facilitate the entry of capital. He also advised not to discriminate between residents and expatriates in investment opportunities to facilitate the importation of hard currency.