Number of registered Syrian refugees in Egypt exceeds 10,000.

Mahmoud Mosque Society starts delivering integrated health care services to Syrians in Cairo - Egypt.

WFP starts providing monthly food voucher assistance, in Al-Obour, 6 October, and Damietta, to Syrian refugees registered with UNHCR Cairo office.

Number of Syrian refugees registered with UNHCR in Egypt exceeds 15,000

Number of registered Syrian refugees exceeds 25,000

Number of Syrians registered and pending registration with UNHCR exceeds 50,000 individuals.

Number of registered Syrian refugees exceeds 50,000 individuals.

The current protection environment remains unstable. Large numbers of refugees have expressed concern for their wellbeing, depleting food rations and savings.

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.

NilFurat Project has started its second phase in 2016. The project focuses on empowering refugee and host community women through engaging master craftswomen and design specialists to bring about remodelled products. The second phase of the project is working on fostering opportunities for a sustainable and ongoing production of the NilFurat products, and on empowering participant women on different levels as per their needs. The project is paving the way to set up a business model and a sustainable framework for working with the women.