Algeria

The main policy instruments on migration:

Non-exhaustive list of key policy documents on migration:

• 1963/1967: Ratification of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.
• 1974: Ratification of the 1969 AU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa.
• 2004: Ratification of the Trafficking in Persons Protocol and the 2000 Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants.
• 2005: Ratification of the 1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
• 2008: Law No. 08-11 of 25 June 2008 on the conditions of entry, residence and movement of foreigners in Algeria.
• 2009: Law No. 09-01 amending the Criminal Code by introducing provisions on trafficking in human beings and smuggling of migrants. 

The main ministries in charge of migration affairs:

• Ministry of the Interior: the state institution mainly responsible for migration issues (mainly border management and irregular migration).
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs: focal point for emigration issues, international migration issues and refugee issues.

Sources:

• Consortium pour la Recherche Appliquée sur les Migrations Internationales (CARIM 2010): Profil Migratoire Algérie. http://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/22434/MP%20FR%20Algeria%20with%20links.pdf?sequence=2
• UNHCR (2015): Algeria UNHCR Operational Update - August Highlights. http://www.refworld.org/docid/560000454.html
• United Nations DESA-Population Division and UNICEF (2014): Migration Profiles - Common Set of Indicators. https://esa.un.org/MigGMGProfiles/Indicators/indicators.HTM 

Last updated: September 2018