I would not take it personally. I suspect it's all down to the diplomatic relationship a country has with Algeria - how easily Algerians can visit your country, politics, trade deals - and quite possibly the individual ambassador.
Assuming that the preferred flow is to get out of North Africa and into Europe, if Poland makes it difficult to do this then the Algerian consulate will be instructed to respond - just as has happened with us Brits.
You get the feeling that most factions of the Algerian state do not really encourage desert tourism anyway; since '2003' they don't need the hassle, don't have much infrastructure to support it and the ruling elite don't need the money for the moment. I also suspect that they think if they expose their populace to too much westernism they may get ideas like the Tunisians - and to keep a lid on that as they do in Morocco and Egypt takes a lot of effort. All my speculation of course.
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