Listen 0:00 / 0:00 − 1.0x + Default Ready The Egyptian officials have highlighted growing refugee numbers in Egypt. In 2016, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi stated at the G20 summit that Egypt hosts over five million refugees and migrants. Then in 2020, Al-Sisi put the number of Syrian refugees and migrants in Egypt at 500,000. The figures declared contradict the UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency), which registers just about 265,000 asylum-seekers and refugees in Egypt. In addition, the Egyptian government itself estimated the number of Syrian refugees in Egypt in 2013 at 250,000-300,00 and there is no apparent reason to suppose that they doubled since. It is understood that the UNHCR does not register all refugees. Still, the Egyptian officials have a … Continue reading Refugees in Egypt: Sisi’s political trump card