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