{"id":273,"date":"2023-06-23T09:40:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T09:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/malta\/?page_id=273"},"modified":"2025-08-01T11:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T11:47:08","slug":"welfare-social-assistance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/malta\/living-in-malta\/welfare-social-assistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Welfare &amp; Social Assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u27a1\ufe0f Asylum seekers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As an asylum seeker, you do not have access to welfare services, such as social assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u27a1\ufe0fRefugees<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Refugees are entitled to the same <a href=\"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Social Security<\/a> benefits as Maltese nationals on the same terms (including, for example, Children\u2019s Allowance, Unemployment Benefit, Injury Benefit, etc).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If unemployed (not paying contributions), entitled to Subsidiary Unemployment Assistance. <a href=\"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/en\/information-and-applications-for-benefits-and-services\/work-incentives-and-unemployment-benefits\/subsidiary-unemployment-assistance\/#:~:text=A%20Subsidiary%20Unemployment%20Assistance%20beneficiary,awarded%20in%20his%20own%20right.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit the Government&#8217;s Social Security website<\/a> for more information.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If employed (and paying contributions), entitled to contributory benefits if meeting the eligibility criteria. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.servizz.gov.mt\/en\/Pages\/Inclusion_-Equality-and-Social-Welfare\/Social-Solidarity\/Benefits-and-Services\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Visit the Government&#8217;s website<\/a> for more information.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/fsws.gov.mt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Foundation for Social Welfare Services (FSWS)<\/a> provides social welfare services concerning family welfare, alcohol and substance abuse, and other social welfare support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u27a1\ufe0f Asylum seekers As an asylum seeker, you do not have access to welfare services, such as social assistance. \u27a1\ufe0fRefugees Refugees are entitled to the same Social Security benefits as Maltese nationals on the same terms (including, for example, Children\u2019s Allowance, Unemployment Benefit, Injury Benefit, etc).&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":0,"parent":151,"menu_order":50,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-273","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/malta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/malta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/malta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/malta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/malta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/malta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":823,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/malta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/273\/revisions\/823"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/malta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/malta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}