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35,200 Individuals
Total Persons of Concern
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Population

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Total Persons of Concern

66,922


Last Updated 15 May 2013

Registered Syrian Refugees

48,429


Households

17,948


Last Updated 15 May 2013
Source - UNHCR

Demography
Male (50.7%) Age (49.3%) Female
7.6% 0 - 4 7.1%
9.2% 5 - 11 8.5%
6.7% 12 - 17 5.9%
25.1% 18 - 59 25.7%
2.2% 60 + 2.1%

Persons awaiting registration

18,493


Last Updated 13 May 2013

Total Syrians, Government Estimate

140,000


Last Updated 24 Apr 2013

  Registered Syrian Refugees by Date

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   Latest Documents

UNHCR Egypt Weekly Update
Report Date: 14/05/2013
Description
The report provides information on all the efforts exerted, during the week from 7 to 13 May 2013, by UNHCR and its partners to assist Syrian refugees, beside showing the achieved results as well.
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Cairo Daily Registration Report
Report Date: 14/05/2013
Description
It provides daily update on the registration figures, besides age and gender breakdown.
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Cairo Daily Registration Report
Report Date: 13/05/2013
Description
It provides daily update on the registration figures, besides age and gender breakdown.
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Cairo Daily Registration Report
Report Date: 12/05/2013
Description
It provides daily update on the registration figures, besides age and gender breakdown.
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  Who's Doing What Where?

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Child Protection
PSTIC
UNHCR
UNICEF
Community Services
PSTIC
Tadamon
TdH
Coordination
UNHCR
Education
CRS
Food Security
WFP
Gender-Based Violence
UNHCR
Health
CARITAS
HIV/AIDS
Refuge Egypt
Information Management
UNHCR
Livelihood
CARITAS
IRW
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
PSTIC
Protection
ACSFT
UNHCR
Registration
UNHCR
Reproductive Health
Refuge Egypt

  Highlights

 Number of Syrians registered and pending registration with UNHCR exceeds 50,000 individuals.
16 Apr 2013
Number of registered Syrian refugees exceeds 25,000
24 Mar 2013
WFP starts providing monthly food voucher assistance, in Al-Obour, 6 October, and Damietta, to Syrian refugees registered with UNHCR Cairo office.
07 Feb 2013
Number of Syrian refugees registered with UNHCR in Egypt exceeds 15,000
05 Feb 2013
Mahmoud Mosque Society starts delivering integrated health care services to Syrians in Cairo - Egypt.
04 Feb 2013
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  Funding Requirements

Total Appeal $14,337,831
Received to Date $4,854,452
Gap $9,483,379
Coverage 34%
Last Updated 16 May 2013

  Syria Refugee Crisis in the Media

UNHCR organises benefit concert for Syrian refugees
Daily News Egypt, 08 May 2013
On Wednesday, the United Nations for High Commissioner Refugees (UNHCR) will throw a fundraising concert to support Syrian refugees in Egypt. The concert has been organised with support from the British embassy in Egypt and the Arab League. Mohamed Dayri, UNHCR regional representative, weighed in...
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من السوريات إلى النوبيين .. إعلانات خاصة وراءها حكايات
الشروق, 21 Apr 2013
يجلس عبدالستار بازرباشى اللاجئ السورى الذى وفد إلى مصر قبل ثلاثة أشهر فقط إلى جوار عزت قاسم ــ مصرى الجنسية ــ صاحب المتجر المجاور فى مساكن عثمان، على أطراف مدينة 6 أ...
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Syrian brides not for sale: The story of a rumour
Ahram Online, 16 Apr 2013
In 6 October City just outside Cairo, a satellite city which is home to one of the largest communities of Syrian refugees in Egypt, rumours quickly spread about how it was easy to find “mostly Islamist” NGOs promoting the marriage of Syrian women to Egyptian men for a small fee. Allegations h...
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استثمارات الهاربين من "جحيم الحرب"
الوطن, 16 Apr 2013
على الرغم من أن اللاجئين السوريين فى جميع الدول العربية التى استضافتهم سواء فى تركيا أو لبنان أو الأردن شكلوا مصدرا للشكوى من زيادة أعدادهم وصعوبة توفير أماكن لهم ف...
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Fleeing Syrians find few opportunities in cash-strapped Egypt
Ahram Online, 04 Apr 2013
Egypt has become home to a growing number of Syrian refugees who are struggling to find work and support their families in an already-difficult economic climate. A young man in his twenties stands at a stall selling Syrian textiles in a temporary market in Faisal Street, Giza, folding sheets and ...
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