The number of migrants and refugees hosted by Egypt has grown to nine million, especially after the recent crisis in Sudan, the spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry Ahmed Abu Zeid announced. Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met in Geneva with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi on Thursday, Abu Zeid added. Refugees are provided in Egypt with basic services, especially in health and education, he stressed. Abu Zeid added that the two sides discussed ways to enhance cooperation and partnership between Egypt and the UNHCR in light of the enormous burden borne by the Egyptian government from hosting about nine million migrants and refugees. Egypt has so far received 121,000 Sudanese people, most of them women, children and the elderly since the conflict in Sudan erupted.

Source: Egypt Independent May 26, 2023 07:36 UTC