CAIRO – 26 November 2024: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Badr Abdelatty underscored Monday the "unfairness" of leaving neighboring states bear the largest burden of the humanitarian crisis in Sudan as they received over three million displaced, who mostly headed to Egypt. The minister's statement was made during a meeting of the "Quartet on Sudan" comprising United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Egypt, and that was held on the sidelines of the G7 Ministerial Meetings in Italy. In the same context, the Egyptian minister stressed the importance of accomplishing stability in Sudan, preserving its state institutions, sovereignty and territorial integrity. The number of refugees and asylum seekers registered with UNHCR Egypt hit 818,376 by October 30, 2024, rising by around 45.4 percent as 371,838 have been registered this year only. The organization indicated that the figure, which is 1.2 million, is based on the data of the Egyptian government.

Source: Egypt Today November 26, 2024 10:12 UTC