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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.
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.
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.
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.
Additional funding is urgently needed to scale up access to safe inclusive, equitable quality education for refugees as well as vulnerable host community children.
The UNHCR country representative met earlier this week with the Egyptian Minister of Education and Technical Education.
The number of Sudanese refugees registered with the UNHCR in Egypt amounts to 47,489.
More than 170,000 people have entered Egypt since the conflict started on 15 April.
In a meeting on Monday in Cairo, Sisi and Grandi discussed enhancing cooperation in light of Egypt being a destination for refugees coming from a number of sisterly countries and living side by side with the Egyptian people as brothers and guests, the Egyptian Presidency said in a statement.
The partnership supports the ERC's response on borders.
Senior Communications Associate at the UN Refugee Agency Radwa Sharaf confirmed that, in cooperation with the Egyptian government, many services are provided, including health and educational services.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees hailed on Thursday Egypt’s dispatch of the first international team to provide support to the Turkey-Syria earthquake victims.
On June 26, the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat hosted a group of 50 young Syrian, Yemeni, Iraqi and Sudanese refugees.
Regardless of who they are, people who are forced to flee must be treated with dignity.
In a statement on Friday, UNHCR said Eritrean refugees in Tigray are struggling to obtain clean water and food and medicine, affirming the need to provide them with life-saving assistance “or more refugees may die.”
