Guidance

Algeria: country policy and information notes

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

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Country policy and information notes (previously known as country information and guidance reports) are used by UK Visas and Immigration officials to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

The notes also give information on asylum seekers鈥� countries of origin.

Updates to this page

Published 9 December 2016
Last updated 4 February 2025 show all updates
  1. Updated the guidance on Actors of protection.

  2. Country policy and information note: background information, September 2020 has been removed as the internal version has been archived.

  3. Updated the information for sexual orientation and gender identity.

  4. Added 'Country policy and information note: Algeria background note, September 2020'

  5. Updated version of Algeria: Actors of protection guide.

  6. Updated country policy and information note for sexual orientation and gender identity, May 2020.

  7. Added new guidance on 'sexual orientation and gender identity'.

  8. New guidance on background information, including actors of protection and internal relocation and fear of Islamic terrorist groups.

  9. First published.

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