Latest in Tag: UNHCR Highlight
Latest in Tag: UNHCR
The real tragedy of ignoring conflict
The three-year-old boy the world has come to know as Aylan Kurdi is now buried with his older brother and mother in his hometown of Kobani in Syria. Itâs hard to imagine a tragedy so profound and so heart wrenching as the sight of his lifeless body lying face down on a beach in Turkey, …
Syrian refugees are here to stay
According to data released by the Turkish Interior Ministry, 1,905,984 Syrians are registered in 82 cities. The number of Syrians living in 25 camps set up in 10 cities is 262,134. These statistics clearly show that nearly 1.7 million Syrians are trying to survive outside the camps on their own.
Syrian opposition representatives in Cairo agree outlines of transitional period
Code of conduct was developed during two-day conference in Cairo
Egyptian-Libyan treaty on border crossing procedures implemented
Egyptian, Libyan officials held talks in Matruh last month, and agreed to open the borders to Libyans entering Egypt
Domestic hell: The plight of African workers in Egypt
The majority of African domestic workers in Egypt have fled their home countries due to hardships, only to find more traumatising experiences in Egyptian households
1948 Palestinian refugee descendants cannot afford residence permit renewal
Nearly 5,000 Palestinians live in poverty in Sharqeya governorate
Employment, detention, and registration: On Syrian refugees in Egypt
Dozens still held in prison in Alexandria despite release order
Rights group calls for end of refugeesâ âarbitrary detentionâ
73 Syrians and Palestinian-Syrians refugees have been held for over 100 days in detention despite Prosecution’s release order
Egypt chides Turkey for human rights violations
âEgypt’s speech a snap back to Turkeyâs interference in Egyptian affairs,â says analyst
Exhibition attempts to raise âRefugee Voicesâ
Through work by five photographers, the exhibition explores a side of refugeesâ lives in Egypt
142 migrants detained at Libya border
Illegal immigration attempts continue despite turmoil in Libya
UNHCR expects refugee crisis as winter approaches
UN able to reach only 60% of refugees in Egypt needing assistance this winter due to lack of funding
Thinking critically about Syriaâs refugee crisis
By Matthew Timmerman Lebanon recently announced it will further curtail the flow of Syrian refugees across its border. With these refugees numbering half the size of the countryâs indigenous population (by the governmentâs estimate), occupying 60% of the labour market, and the total cost of their accommodation estimated at $3bn – itâs a calculated decision …
Saudi Arabia, Montenegro, Ivory Coast to head UN review of Egyptâs human rights track record
âWe are facing a scandal in terms of Egyptâs and Saudi Arabiaâs human rights recordsâ, says lawyer Gamal Eid
Foreign Minister hosts UN refugee chief
Antonio Guterres praising level of cooperation between Egypt and UNHCR
Egypt to host Libya neighboursâ talks on 25 August
Shoukry and Arab League envoy to Libya discuss possible political solutions to the situation in Libya
67 arrested in attempt to illegally migrate to Italy
By  Kenneth Changpertitum Sixty seven migrants were arrested Tuesday when trying to set sail off the coastal of city of Metoubes in the governorate of Kafr Al-Sheikh while attempting to emigrate to Italy, said state-owned MENA. In the early morning hours, border guards along with state security forces detained 62 Egyptians, 4 Somalis and 1 …
Picture refugee life in Egypt
New photo exhibit illustrates the daily challenges facing refugees in Egypt
More than 50 million driven from homes by war, crisis: UN
The UNHCR said there were 51.2 million forcibly displaced people at the end of 2013, a full six million higher than the previous year
Some improvements for Syrian refugees in Egypt: UNHCR Egypt
Foreign ministry stresses need for international cooperation to assist with Syrian refugee crisis
States hosting Syrian refugees near âbreaking pointâ
UNHCR, ministers stress the need for a political solution to ease Syrian humanitarian crisis
Amnesty International criticises Egyptian detention of refugees
Three men face deportation back to Syria
Amnesty International criticises Egyptian detention of refugees
Three men face deportation back to Syria
Syria army in hot pursuit of rebels on Lebanon border
The capture on Sunday of Yabrud by Syrian troops and fighters of Lebanonâs Hezbollah marked a significant setback for the rebels as it severs their important supply lines from across the Lebanese border.
South Sudan â from cease-fire to sustainable peace?
By Ivan Simonovic âWe were picked up at checkpoints or during house searches. They recognised us by our accents, or by the traditional marks on our faces. 200-400 of us were brought to a room of a police station, so small that we were suffocating. Suddenly they opened fire on us from two windows. I …
âI wanted to lie down and dieâ
New report by Human Rights Watch slams Egypt and Sudan in trafficking and torture of Eritreans
Refugees from Syria released
Despite conflicting figures all parties agree most refugees from Syria have been released
Refugees should not participate in domestic politics: UNHCR official
RSM activist highlights hardships Syrian refugees face in Egypt
Refugees assaulted in detention
Ministry of Interior said these were âallegationsâ and dismissed them
Dozens of detained refugees begin hunger strike
Over 50 Syrian and Palestinian refugees are protesting unlawful detention in poor conditions