FACT SHEET
Egypt
November 2018
Egypt is a destination
country for refugees and
asylum-seekers, most of
whom live in urban areas.
Currently, 240,008 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 protection 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
132,029
Sudan
39,742
Ethiopia 15,613
Eritrea 15,019
South Sudan 13,981
Yemen 7,781
Somalia 7,061
Iraq 6,948
Other
1,834
50%
funded
Tightly earmarked Earmarked
Softly earmarked (indicative allocation) Unearmarked (indicative allocation)
Funding gap (indicative)
UNHCR PRESENCE
Staff:
207 national staff
47 international staff
Offices:
3 offices in Greater Cairo
(6 th of October City and
Zamalek)
1 field office in Alexandria
www.unhcr.org/eg
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