UNHCR conducted 21 awareness sessions for Syrians in Egypt since the beginning of 2014 about the rights and obligations of refuges under international law.

UNHCR and the League of Arab States jointly commemorated World Refugee Day

UNHCR and Alexandria Marathon organized a 8.6 km marathon along the Alexandria Corniche to commemorate WRD

UNHCR, Takween and Clowns Without Borders organized a festive event to promote coexistence between refugees and the Egyptian community in Masaken Othman

UNHCR organized a “Refugee Voices in Egypt: Refuge, Resilience and Exile” Photo Exhibition at the American University in Cairo for WRD

UNHCR signed an agreement with MOH, for refugees which provided allowing POCs of all nationalities to access acute and emergency care at 6 public hospitals

World Food Program ended the food voucher distribution on 23 August, the distribution reached 110,000 beneficiaries.

On 18 August, a meeting took place between UNHCR and Save the Children on the implementation of their project on secondary movement

UNHCR in collaboration with the National Centre for Judicial Studies organized a 2 day workshop back to back on 4-7 September in Alexandria for 80 judges and and public prosecutors working in Alexandria and Kafr El Sheikh. The workshops titled “International Protection of Refugees: Current Protection Gaps and Challenges” aimed to raise awareness about the principles of international protection, non-refoulement, rights and obligations of asylum seekers and refugees in the country of asylum. It also highlighted the role of the judiciary system to protect asylum seekers and refugees in Egypt and brain storm on current protection measures to bridge the gaps. These two workshops are the fifth in a series of workshops organized with the Egyptian Ministry of Justice in 2016.