Cessation and review of protection status

Egypt

Country Report: Cessation and review of protection status Last updated: 09/07/25

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This is a process carried out by the state or by UNHCR to assess whether the reasons for protection still apply. Its purpose is to determine whether the refugee continues to require international protection.

Available information does not reveal UNHCR’s policies on cessation and protection status review in Egypt, nor the timeframes within which such reviews are conducted.

As for Law No. 164, no timeframes or mechanisms were regulated for reviewing protection status. However, the law includes provisions that allow for the review or termination of protection granted to refugees under certain defined circumstances, in accordance with Articles 8 and 9 of the law.

Egypt

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