Algeria

For over 50 years, Algeria has hosted Sahrawi refugees, making it one of the world's longest-standing refugee situations.

Additionally, apart from the Sahrawis, Algeria hosts approximately 12,000 refugees and asylum seekers, four-fifths of whom are Syrian, and the remainder is made up of a variety of countries, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa.

UNHCR is actively engaged in advocating for refugee inclusion in essential services and collaborating with authorities and civil society to reduce protection risks and enhance access to work. Through community participation and strengthened coordination mechanisms, UNHCR works towards enhancing refugee resilience and promoting self-reliance opportunities despite the constraints of protracted displacement.