Egypt

DEMOGRAPHICS

Arrivals

Refugee, Asylum seeker, and Stateless people make up 5% of the Egyptian population

*Data sources: UNHCR: Egypt

1,314

People resettled from Egypt in 2020*

991

People resettled from Egypt in 2021

*Less that 1/2 of 1% of the total population.

Data Source: UNHCR FY 2020 data

**Data source UNHCR FY 2021 data

DIVERSITY CONTRIBUTION

Data used: UNHCR

In addition, there are also 70,000 Palestinians UNHCR 2021 Report on Egypt

Language Spoken

Amharic
Arabic (dialects)
Dinka
French
Fur
Masalit
Oromo
Somali
Tigray
Tigrinya
Zaghawa

*At least 250,000 of Egypt's 335,000 reported by UNHCR would be considered Arabic speakers.

ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION

48%

Target population earning consistent minimum wage

*Data used: Relief Web - Egypt 2019

SOCIO-FAMILIAL CONTRIBUTION

Unaccompanied Children Hosted by State

*Data used: UNHCR 2019; Refugee Point 2017; UNHCR 2018; UNICEF 2016 REPORT

63,643

School-aged Children

*Data sources: Arab Weekly 2019; Africa Portal 2017

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Volunteers

Erica Eastley

Community Programs Coordinator, Egypt

The first time I met refugees was in Palestine in 1995. Since then, we have met Afghan refugees in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbek refugees in Idaho, Iraqi refugees in Jordan, South Sudanese refugees in Egypt, Central American asylum seekers in Mexico, and Syrian refugees in Virginia. I've been able to see some of the varied circumstances that refugees and asylum seekers find themselves in, and my own life is much richer because of our friendships. My current project is an online reading program for South Sudanese refugee children here in Egypt.