FACT SHEET
Egypt
October 2018
Egypt is a destination
country for refugees and
asylum-seekers, most of
whom live in urban areas.
Currently, 237,389 refugees
and asylum-seekers of 58
different nationalities are
registered with UNHCR Egypt.
More than half of them (55%)
are from Syria.
UNHCR
registers
and
documents refugees and asylum-
seekers and facilitates their
access to basic services, such
as health and education.
POPULATION OF CONCERN FUNDING (AS OF OCTOBER 2018)
Countries of Origin USD 74.5 M
requested for the Egypt operation
Syria
131,504
Sudan
38,980
Ethiopia 15,444
Eritrea 14,770
South Sudan 13,616
Yemen 7,364
Somalia 7,035
Iraq 6,912
Other
1,764
50%
funded
Tightly earmarked Earmarked
Softly earmarked (indicative allocation) Unearmarked (indicative allocation)
Funding gap (indicative)
UNHCR PRESENCE
Staff:
201 national staff
43 international staff
Offices:
3 offices in Greater Cairo
(6 th of October City and
Zamalek)
1 field office in Alexandria
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