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Ambassador Salah Abdel-Sadek, Chairman of the Standing Committee for Refugee Affairs, also attended the meeting.
The president stated that Egypt has never used the refugee issue to achieve political objectives, stressing the importance of activating the principle of burden- and responsibility-sharing.
El-Sisi underscored the need to support Egypt’s new national asylum system, whose executive framework is currently being finalized.
Egypt’s NCCM and UNHCR sign deal to boost protection, referrals, and integration for refugee and asylum-seeking children.
The Ministry of Health and Population launched the "Duyufna" (Our Guests) initiative Monday to extend the state’s comprehensive family and child healthcare umbrella to non-Egyptians living within its borders.
Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to Egypt and the Arab League Hanan Hamdan stressed the importance of increasing international support, not only for refugees, but also for host communities that are facing growing pressures.
The Sudanese compose the largest group.
UNHCR Egypt indicated Wednesday that the number of registered refugees and asylum seekers had increased by 208% between March 21, 2023 and January 31, 2025.
Egypt celebrates the International Migrants Day, observed by the United Nations every year on 18 December, stressing that the nation aims to achieve development in order to make migration a choice rather than a necessity.
The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Cairo announced Sunday a donation worth $1.9 million to UNHCR’s Sudan refugee response in Egypt.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi released Tuesday a statement on Syria.
Minister Abdelatty shed light on the high global hunger rates, regress in humanitarian funding, and recurrent crises in the Middle East and Africa.
Participants included delegations from 22 countries and a high-level delegation from the Egyptian Government.
The UNHCR released a report last week highlighting that Egypt had become the largest host of Sudanese who "sought international protection" since the outbreak of war in mid-April 2023.
The organization indicated that the figure, which is 1.2 million, is based on the data of the Egyptian government.
Global Efforts for Refugee Support and Sustainable Integration
Egypt's Ministry of Health has revealed that it has administered 1.2 million vaccine doses to refugees in the country.
The statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned about Israel's frequent and persistent attempts to bring an end to the agency's activities.
European Union Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson began her official trip to Egypt earlier this week by visiting the registration office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Cairo.
A meeting covered the repercussions of the armed conflict in Sudan, deterioration of the humanitarian conditions in Gaza, and the role of the Egyptian Red Crescent in response to emergencies abroad.
