“Over 317,000 refugees from Sudan have arrived in Egypt over the past six months and over 100,000 have approached our registration offices in Cairo and Alexandra,” said the UNHCR Representative in ...

Egypt adopted its first-ever asylum law this week, but it has sparked concerns among human rights groups who warn it takes a "security-focused approach" that could undermine refugee protections.

Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in partnership with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), launched the 2025 Egypt Refugee and Resilience ...

Item 1 of 6 FILE PHOTO: Syrian refugee Ilham Mohammad prepares lunch in her home in Cairo, Egypt April 8, 2019. Picture taken April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany ...

Egypt is home to over 288,000 registered asylum-seekers and refugees from 60 countries, based on UNHCR figures and registration data, with most of them coming from Syria, Sudan, South Sudan ...

If the persecution of vulnerable Syrian refugees is an indicator of political trajectory, Egypt’s future may well be grim. Elmasry worries about the future for Syrians if the military-backed ...

Support for refugees in Egypt is under severe pressure due to increased arrivals and inadequate resources, warned UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today.

With Sudan’s conflict now at the 100-day mark, advocacy groups are calling on Sudan’s neighbor Egypt to ease entry requirements for refugees, saying displaced Sudanese face a dire situation ...

Before Israel’s May 6 invasion of Rafah and seizure of the Gaza-Egypt border crossing Palestinians could leave Gaza one of four ways. Non-medical refugees could either go through the lengthy ...

While over 30,000 Sudanese refugee children currently attend public and private schools in Egypt, for Siraj, education remains out of reach. Unable to afford the fees charged by the local community ...

Since 2016 Egypt has also prevented large numbers of migrants and refugees from leaving by boat toward Europe, efforts that have been praised by the European Union, but this, combined with the ...