Even legal African visitors to Europe face hurdles

FILE - Children play football in Kasbah of Algiers, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Algeria, April 11, 2019. FILE - People walk near the Kasbah of Algiers, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Algeria, April 11, 2019.

France has twice rejected visa applications from Nabil Tabarout, a 29-year-old web developer from Algeria who hopes this year to visit his sister there.