FILE - Children play football in Kasbah of Algiers, a UNESCO world heritage site, Algeria, April 11, 2019. Visa applicants from Africa who want to visit Europe's Schengen Area face far higher rejection rates than people from anywhere else in the world. In Algeria, more applicants are rejected than in any other African nation. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File)
FILE - Young Algerian women pose next to street art supporting the protest movement in Algiers, Algeria, April 10, 2019. The writing in Arabic reads "The people are the authority". Visa applicants from Africa who want to visit Europe's Schengen Area face far higher rejection rates than people from anywhere else in the world. In Algeria, more applicants are rejected than in any other African nation. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File)
FILE - People walk near the Kasbah of Algiers, a UNESCO world heritage site, Algeria, April 11, 2019. Visa applicants from Africa who want to visit Europe's Schengen Area face far higher rejection rates than people from anywhere else in the world. In Algeria, more applicants are rejected than in any other African nation. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File)
FILE - Algerians gather outside the visa center of the French Institute in Algiers, Friday May 20, 2024. Visa applicants from Africa who want to visit Europe's Schengen Area face far higher rejection rates than people from anywhere else in the world. In Algeria, more applicants are rejected than in any other African nation. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum, File)