{"id":90,"date":"2019-12-26T09:08:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T09:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/?page_id=90"},"modified":"2026-06-01T09:08:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:08:06","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-medium-font-size\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>This website provides information and services for refugees, asylum-seekers, and other people seeking international protection in Algeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here you can find information about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/asylum-in-algeria\/the-asylum-procedure-in-algeria\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2418\">How to apply for asylum<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/asylum-in-algeria\/what-is-asylum\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2416\">What is asylum <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/our-partners\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2160\">How to access services through partners<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/contact-us\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"114\">How to contact UNHCR<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u26a0\ufe0f Emergency assistance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are arrested, at risk of refoulement, or facing another urgent protection concern, contact the UNHCR emergency line immediately:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udcde +213 661 69 68 41<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Emergency line hours:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Calls are answered by UNHCR staff from\u00a0<strong>Sunday to Thursday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outside these hours, you will hear an automatic message in Arabic, French and English.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You will be asked to send an SMS. If you cannot send an SMS, you can leave a voice message.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>UNHCR will review all messages and contact you if follow-up is needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udce7 <a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/contact-us\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"114\">Other contact options<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size\">\u2705 All UNHCR services are <strong>free of charge<\/strong>, whether provided directly by UNHCR or through its partners.<br><br>\u274c No one should ask you for money, services, or favours in exchange for UNHCR assistance. If this happens, <a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/complaints\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"112\">please report it to UNHCR<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This website provides information and services for refugees, asylum-seekers, and other people seeking international protection in Algeria. Here you can find information about: \u26a0\ufe0f Emergency assistance If you are arrested, at risk of refoulement, or facing another urgent protection concern, contact the UNHCR emergency line immediately: \ud83d\udcde +213 661 69 68 41 Emergency line hours: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-90","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":85,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2535,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90\/revisions\/2535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/algeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}