In this period, thousands of foreigners have fled Algeria.

He fled Algeria for France in 1993 to escape the civil war and the assassinations of intellectuals.

Lafontaine, who came to the region in the stream of French refugees fleeing Algeria after the revolution there in 1962, was a mysterious figure.

Benalia allegedly fled Algeria in the 1990s for London, where he eventually became a British citizen.

The number of Pied-Noirs who fled Algeria totaled more than 800,000 between 1962 and 1964.

Thousands of foreign workers and diplomats, 26 of whom have been shot dead in the last four months, have fled Algeria.

More than 80% of those polled cited fleeing Algeria and building a future as motivation for leaving.

The fact that many of the directors and actors of these plays were forced to flee Algeria added poignancy to their testimony.

Cleaver eventually fled Algeria out of fear for his life.

When independence is declared in 1962, the minority communities of Jewish and European origin flee Algeria.