{"id":322157,"date":"2026-01-15T10:22:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T02:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=322157"},"modified":"2026-01-15T10:22:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T02:22:29","slug":"algerias-president-urges-youth-living-abroad-illegally-to-come-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=322157","title":{"rendered":"Algeria&#8217;s president urges youth living abroad illegally to come home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table aligncenter\"><table><tbody><tr><td><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/986\/98615830.jpg\" width=\"600\" alt=\"President Abdelmadjid Tebboune speaks after meeting with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni in Rome\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption><strong><em>President Abdelmadjid Tebboune<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ALGIERS, Jan 15 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) &#8212; Algeria\u2019s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has called on Algerian youth living abroad \u201cin vulnerable and illegal situations\u201d to come home.<br><br>During Sunday\u2019s cabinet meeting, the president said he would regularise the status of these young citizens, including those who have committed minor infractions in their host country.<br><br>Some of these young people were \u201cmisled and exploited to act against their own country,&#8221; the government said in a statement.<br><br>These young people now find themselves \u201cseparated from their families and friends, suffering in poverty and exploited in degrading work,\u201d the statement read.<br><br>The measure could affect tens of thousands of young Algerians who have left their homeland illegally in recent years. Some 54,000 Algerians immigrated to Europe between 2020 and 2024, according to the International Organization for Migration.<br><br>Under Algerian law, leaving the country illegally is punishable by up to 6 months in prison and a fine.<br><br>The presidential decree would allow these youth to come home without facing legal proceedings if they pledge not to reoffend.<br><br>The measure \u201cexcludes anyone who committed violent crimes, drug offenses, arms trafficking,\u201d or collaborated with foreign security services to \u201charm\u201d Algeria. &#8212; NNN-AFRICANEWS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Abdelmadjid Tebboune ALGIERS, Jan 15 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) &#8212; Algeria\u2019s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has called on Algerian youth living abroad \u201cin vulnerable and illegal situations\u201d to come home. During Sunday\u2019s cabinet meeting, the president said he would regularise the status of these young citizens, including those who have committed minor infractions in their host country. Some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":322158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213,208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322157"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=322157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322159,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322157\/revisions\/322159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/322158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=322157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=322157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=322157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}