OVERVIEW Since 2000, Egypt has seen a gradual but fluctuating drop in the number of primary school aged children who are out of school. There has also been a dramatic decrease in exclusion rates for...
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Egypt: UNHCR Operational Update December 2014
HIGHLIGHTS Mr. Amin Awad, MENA Bureau Director visited Egypt early December. During his visit, he met with government officials, toured the Zamalek registration centre and visited UNHCR projects in...
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Egypt: RRP6 Monthly Update - December 2014: Food Security
US$ 2,709, 020 million were injected into the local economy through food vouchers in December 2014 HIGHLIGHTS: • December distribution started on 14 December 2014 in six distribution sites (Obour,...
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Egypt: RRP6 Monthly Update - December 2014: Basic Needs and Livelihood
More than $12,000,000 USD injected into the local economy through the monetization of assistance since the beginning of 2014 HIGHLIGHTS: • UNHCR, Caritas and Resala are working together to assist...
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Egypt: RRP6 Monthly Update - December 2014: Protection
609 refugees have been provided with legal counseling and assistance since the beginning of 2014 HIGHLIGHTS: • Since January 2014, UNHCR is aware of the arrest of more than 1411 Syrians for...
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Egypt: RRP6 Monthly Update - December 2014: Education
60,158 Syrian children registered with UNHCR Egypt HIGHLIGHTS: • UNICEF continued to provide capacity building to public schools with high density of Syrian refugees. 13 more schools have been...
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Egypt: RRP6 Monthly Update - December 2014: Health
52,617 Chronic disease consultations in Primary Health Care since the beginning of 2014 HIGHLIGHTS • UNHCR’s health provider “Refuge Egypt” carried out trainings for its medical and paramedical team...
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Egypt: RRP6 Monthly Update - November 2014: Education
HIGHLIGHTS: •During the month of November, UNHCR and RRP6 partners continue to support Syrian refugees in public and community schools through a variety of methods. Education grants for some 12,106...
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Egypt: RRP6 Update - November 2014: Health
HIGHLIGHTS •UNHCR along with its partners are ensuring an ongoing support to the mainstreaming of Syrian refugees in Alexandria and Damietta through regular follow up meetings with Ministry of Health...
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Egypt: RRP6 Monthly Update - November 2014: Protection
HIGHLIGHTS: •Since January 2014, UNHCR is aware of the arrest of 1,409 Syrians individuals in Egypt for attempting to depart the country by sea in an irregular manner. By the end of November, UNHCR...
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Regional Refugee & Resilience Plan 2015-16: Egypt
INTRODUCTION The 3RP - Country Plan for The Arab Republic of Egypt aims to strengthen protection and support for Syrian refugees and host communities. To address the needs of refugees and the most...
Egypt: Surge of Military Trials
Decree Used to Send Protesters to Flawed Courts (New York, December 18, 2014) – Egyptian authorities have referred hundreds of civilians to military courts based on an October 2014 decree by...
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Egypt: RRP6 Monthly Update - October 2014: Basic Needs and Livelihood
HIGHLIGHTS: • UNHCR, Caritas and Resala are working together to assist vulnerable Syrian refugees meet their basic needs through the provision of monthly cash grants. In September, 26,500 vulnerable...
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Egypt: RRP6 Update - October 2014: Health
HIGHLIGHTS • UNICEF, WHO and UNHCR extended support to the Ministry of Health (MOH) Expanded Program of Immunization, as it organized a national anti-Polio campaign from during the month of October...
Egypt: 188 people sentenced to death
Criminal justice system spiralling out of control In response to the sentencing of 188 people to death in Egypt today on charges of killing 11 police officers in the town of Kerdasa in August 2013...
Press briefing note on Egypt
We are deeply concerned about a number of recent developments in Egypt and their impact on freedom of expression, association and assembly. We are also concerned about the seriously damaging lack of...
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UNHCR Global Appeal 2015 Update - Egypt
| Overview | Working environment The Arab Republic of Egypt is a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol, as well as the 1969 OAU Convention. As the country has, however, not...
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UNHCR Global Appeal 2015 Update - North Africa Subregional Overview
| Overview | Working environment The North Africa subregion serves as either a transit or final destination for sizeable mixed migration movements from subSaharan Africa. In addition, the instability...
Egypt: Trial Shows Need to Combat Female Genital Mutilation
(Beirut) – Egyptian authorities need to take clear action to end the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) following the country’s first trial on the crime ending in acquittals, Human Rights...
Egypt: End wave of home demolitions, forced evictions in Sinai amid media blackout
The Egyptian authorities must halt the arbitrary demolition of hundreds of homes and mass forced evictions underway in Rafah, North Sinai in order to create a buffer zone along the border with the...