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LATEST DEVELOPMENTS – HIGHLIGHTS
• In the first quarter of 2026, UNHCR Egypt’s Help website was ranked as the most visited UNHCR
Help platform worldwide, highlighting increased reliance on official information channels
by Sudanese refugees and asylum-seekers. Between January and March 2026, the website
recorded around 350,000 visits and 1.35 million page views, representing a 27% rise in visits and a
69% increase in page views compared with the same period in 2025. This follows strong
performance in 2025, when the Egypt Help website was the second most viewed globally with 3.4
million views, underscoring its growing role as a key source of information on services and
assistance.
• In April, to mark the third anniversary of the Sudan crisis, UNHCR Egypt amplified its messaging on
the widening gap between growing humanitarian needs and shrinking resources, with a particular
focus on the cash assistance programme, highlighting that nearly 20,000 refugee families—most of
them female-headed households—depend on this support to meet basic needs. To date, only 2% of
the required funding for the cash programme in 2026 has been secured, which risks the programme
coming to a complete halt if no additional funding is secured.
• In April, UNHCR and WFP jointly released the Egypt Vulnerability Assessment for Refugees (EVAR),
which findings highlight a deepening vulnerability among refugees in Egypt. More than 65% of
refugee households are highly or extremely vulnerable and unable to meet basic needs, while nearly
58% face moderate to severe food insecurity, indicating widespread deprivation. Particularly
alarming, 38% of food-insecure households include a child under five in urgent need of nutrition
support, pointing to elevated risks for child health and development.