{"id":2097,"date":"2025-10-28T09:52:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T09:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/?page_id=2097"},"modified":"2026-06-02T10:57:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:57:58","slug":"complementary-pathways","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/complementary-pathways\/","title":{"rendered":"Complementary Pathways"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How can refugees move to a third country?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XHaSt8XSA-Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Complementary pathways are legal ways for refugees and asylum-seekers to move to another country for purposes such as work, study, or family reunification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:261px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\">Complementary Pathways are different from resettlement and are managed directly by governments, universities, employers, or other organizations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\">UNHCR does <strong>not <\/strong>select candidates, submit applications, or influence decisions related to complementary pathways.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You can apply directly through the relevant programme, country, or organization. Decisions on who can enter and stay in a country are made solely by the authorities of that country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNHCR may be able to provide limited support, including counselling and advice, assistance with documents or exit formalities, or limited legal services<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Complementary pathways include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/complementary-pathways\/family-reunification\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1331\">Family reunification<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/complementary-pathways\/education-pathways-landing-page\/\">Education pathways<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/complementary-pathways\/labour-mobility-pathways\/\">Labour mobility pathways<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/complementary-pathways\/private-sponsorship\/\">Private Sponsorship pathways<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Complementary pathways are legal ways for refugees and asylum-seekers to move to another country for purposes such as work, study, or family reunification. You can apply directly through the relevant programme, country, or organization. Decisions on who can enter and stay in a country are made solely by the authorities of that country. UNHCR may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":548,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2097","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/548"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2097"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2565,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2097\/revisions\/2565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}