{"id":158,"date":"2022-12-15T11:21:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T11:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iceland\/?page_id=158"},"modified":"2026-07-24T14:39:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:39:42","slug":"helplines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iceland\/where-to-find-help-in-iceland\/helplines\/","title":{"rendered":"Helplines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You can contact various NGOs or institutions through specific lines to get other forms of help and support:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you are having acute thoughts of taking your life or if you know anyone who does, contact <strong>112 for urgent assistance<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For emotional and pastoral care for fear of death, grief, anxiety or suicidal thoughts, contact <strong>the Red Cross helpline, <\/strong>dialing<strong> <\/strong><strong>1717 <\/strong>(open 24\/7).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you are under 18 years old or know someone who is and needs help or advice, contact <strong>Red cross <\/strong>dialing <strong>1717<\/strong> (open 24\/7) or contact them on their  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.1717.is\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">online chat<\/a> (open 24\/7).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you have suffered or are suffering physical, mental, economic or sexual violence, contact <strong>the National Health Line <\/strong>dialing<strong> <\/strong><strong>1700 <\/strong>(open 24\/7).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If your question concerns the content of this \u2018HELP\u2019 website, you can contact us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can contact various NGOs or institutions through specific lines to get other forms of help and support: If your question concerns the content of this \u2018HELP\u2019 website, you can contact us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":310,"featured_media":0,"parent":152,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-158","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iceland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iceland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iceland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iceland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iceland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iceland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":874,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iceland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158\/revisions\/874"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iceland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iceland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}