Egypt

Country Report

Country Report: Egypt Last updated: 09/07/25

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Refugees Platform in Egypt Visit Website

This report was researched and drafted by Refugees Platform in Egypt and edited by ECRE.

The report follows the AIDA methodology developed by ECRE. It draws on desk research, official statistics, and consultations with civil society organisations, academic experts, and legal practitioners in Egypt. It follows an integrated descriptive and analytical methodology to read Egypt’s asylum landscape, focusing on its dual role as a destination and transit country and the resulting effects of the Egyptian-European agreements in migration and border security.

The information in this report is up-to-date as of 31 May 2025, unless otherwise stated.

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To access the updated report, you can navigate through the table of contents on the right end side or download the full report (in PDF) above.

Table of contents

  • Statistics
  • Overview of the legal framework
  • Introduction to the asylum context in Egypt
  • Egypt as a country of destination, transit and origin
  • EU-Egypt Cooperation on Migration
  • Asylum Procedure
  • Reception Conditions
  • Detention of Asylum Seekers
  • Content of International Protection
  • Temporary Protection