Access to detention facilities

Egypt

Country Report: Access to detention facilities Last updated: 09/07/25

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UNHCR and NGOs face severe difficulties in accessing administrative detention sites in Egypt. The Egyptian authorities impose strict restrictions on visits by these organizations, and in some cases prohibit them altogether, preventing the provision of essential legal and humanitarian support to detainees.

In addition, the authorities detain both registered and unregistered refugees and asylum seekers in unofficial locations that lack even the most basic facilities required to accommodate people or ensure humane conditions of 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