Detention of Asylum Seekers

Egypt

Country Report: Detention of Asylum Seekers Last updated: 09/07/25

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The Chapter: Detention of Asylum Seekers in Egypt contains sections on:

A. General

B. Legal framework of detention

  1. Grounds for detention
  2. Alternatives to detention
  3. Duration of detention

C. Detention conditions

  1. Place of detention
  2. Conditions in detention facilities
  3. Access to detention facilities
  4. Pre-deportation detention

D. Procedural safeguards

  1. Judicial review of the detention order
  2. Legal assistance for review of detention

E. Differential treatment of specific nationalities in detention

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