Search Services in Algeria

Following the Presidential decree of 9 September 2015, an Inter-Ministerial Committee was set up to elaborate strategies and programs related to the prevention and fight against human trafficking in Algeria. It is composed of the following ministries: National Defense, Interior, Justice, Religious Affairs and Wakfs, National Solidarity, Post Telecommunications Technology and Digital, Labor Employment and Social Security; as well as National Consultative Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights.

The protection of refugees has many aspects. This include ensuring; refugees will not be returned involuntarily to their countries, ensuring fair and efficient access to asylum procedures, ensuring that their basic human rights are respected, and allowing them to live in dignity and safety while helping them to find a more durable, long-term solution. Many organizations provide protection for those who are most vulnerable and minimize the threats which many refugees are subject to. Organizations under this section are able to provide further guidance.

Several non-governmental organizations, international organizations and community based organizations provide wide ranging educational activities from sports and arts activities to cooking courses. Types of these educational courses vary from weekend workshops to longer courses, or formation of sports teams. Each organization sets their own enrollment procedures while some welcome participants on walk-in basis. Organizations under this section are able to provide further guidance.

Resettlement remains one of the durable solutions UNHCR hopes to achieve for suitable cases. It is important to note that resettlement is not a right, but a process undertaken when specific admission criteria are met. UNHCR in Algeria provides counselling to selected refugees, draft Resettlement Referral Form and follow-up the submission to third countries.

The health sector in Algeria is developed with a clear focus on free and universal access to primary health care to its population. Migrants, asylum seekers and refugees have access to free primary health care services. Several non-governmental and international organizations also cater for basic medical needs of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees, and, when/if need be, refer them to public and/or private hospitals and clinics.

Finding a work, or a source of income, is an essential factor in order to have a sustainable life. The Egyptian government has signed bilateral agreements with certain countries and therefore some nationalities can access the Egyptian labour market without pre-entry conditions, or are granted immediate work permits. If interested in business start-ups, foreigners, including refugees, are allowed to establish or acquire Egyptian companies under certain legal framework. To learn more about these opportunities, organizations under this section are able to provide further guidance.

In emergency situations, the Algerian Red Crescent contribute to relief effort by providing first aid and distributing emergency relief including temporary housing. UNHCR provides a monthly food basket and specific domestic items to urban refugees. The most vulnerable refugees are provided with shelter, and those who are less at risk receive cash assistance to pay their rent

In Algeria, various non-governmental organizations are helping persons with specific needs through orientation to medical clinics, providing some medicines, improving mental health, awareness campaigns fighting discrimination against disability...etc. Handicap International in Algeria works to promote the social inclusion of the most vulnerable people and to improve their living conditions by advancing their rights and ensuring their needs are considered. Assistance is provided on a case to case basis in line with the organisation’s modus operandi.

The Algerian Red Crescent (CRA) provides vulnerable migrants and asylum seekers with vitally needed relief items including blankets, clothing and mattresses, as well as food parcels and tents where and when needed. Community centers, NGOs, International Organizations, mosques and churches also hand out donations of clothing, essential items and food to the most vulnerable migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in Algeria during winter and festive season.

Some organizations provide specialized psychological support by specialized psychiatrists and psychologists.

In Egypt, adult education starts from the age of 12 upwards, several non-governmental organizations, community based organizations and community centers provide wide ranging educational programs for adults from language training to life skills courses. Types of these educational courses vary from workshops to full-time programs. Each organization sets their own enrollment procedures while some welcome participants on walk-in basis. Organizations under this section are able to provide further guidance.

In Algeria, IOM provides assistance to children and unaccompanied minors on a case to case basis. Assistance ranges within the different fields of IOM’s migration-related activities: reception and integration in the country of destination; assisted voluntary return and reintegration in the country of origin or a third country; as well as family tracing and reunification. The Algerian Network for the Defense of Children (NADA Network) works to promote the rights of the child, by supporting protection and advocacy actions aimed at ensuring that it flourishes within the framework of the international convention on the rights of the child.

For medical emergencies, migrants, asylum seekers and refugees may go to the nearest public hospital or public health care unit. Additional information on hospitals in Algeria are available at: www.sante.gov.dz

Considerable numbers of migrants and refugees in Egypt wish to return home but lack the means to do so. Returning back to the country of origin represents a durable solution for many foreigners who cannot find the financial means to survive and/or don’t have a regular residence permit in Egypt, hence risking arrest and deportation in compliance with the national legal framework regulating immigration. Refugees and migrants may opt to return back when the situation in their country of origin has improved and they no longer face protection risks. Organizations under this section are able to provide further guidance.

In Algeria, medical testing is available at public health services under Ministry of Health Population and Hospital Reform or at private clinics.

In Egypt, resettlement services for refugees are mainly provided by UNHCR through resettlement programs run by different resettlement countries. Resettlement to a third country means that a person recognized as a refugee by UNHCR in Egypt gets legally resettled from Egypt to one of the resettlement countries because he/she has resettlement needs and fulfils the resettlement criteria. Resettlement will only be considered for individuals who have no prospects of return to the country of origin, or prospects to integrate in the country of asylum. Resettlement is primarily a protection tool and only refugees with specific needs, which cannot be addressed…

Medical services that are offered by private hospitals or clinics that host migrants and/or have agreements with certain NGOs.

Registration is the administrative formality in which a person declares wanting to request asylum. It is during this procedure that the registration team records, verifies and updates information on people forced to flee. The access for registration is unrestricted. During the appointment, Registration staff assist the applicants to complete the form. Relevant personal information is entered into the UNHCR database (basic bio-data, core registration data and some supplementary data); all applicants receive an asylum seeker certificate for the duration of one year to six months depending on the case, as well as an appointment for Refugee Status Determination (RSD) and…