Ils sont près de 300 000 à s’être repliés sur l’Egypte pour fuir des combats traumatisants. Leur adaptation à cette nouvelle vie passe par le Haut Commissariat des Nations-Unies pour les réfugiés où d’importants soutiens, notamment psychologiques, leur sont apportés. Elle n’a que cinq ans, et po...

On the 21th of January, 620 Syrian refugees arrived in Port Said after a long boat trip of about 30 hours. Those new comers are part of the 300 000 Syrian refugees in Egypt that escape the shelling and the bad condition of life during the war. In Port Said and Port Fuad, the Syrians get help from a ...

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 have ...

CAIRO, Dec 24 (KUNA) -- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Arab League lauded the efforts made by His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in supporting the Syrian refugees. After his meeting with Arab League Chief Dr. Nabil Elaraby, the Regiona...

More than 170 Syrian and Palestinian refugees held since October in Egyptian police stations were released on Tuesday and granted temporary permits to stay in Egypt, a government spokesman said. Egypt tightened its open-door visa policy for Syrians fleeing civil war soon after the army toppled Is...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency on Wednesday said it was urging the European Union to overhaul its policy toward Syrian refugees, warning the number of fatal accidents at sea could rise further as winter approaches. U.N. officials, presenting their proposals in Athens, said more tha...

Restaurants selling shawerma, roasted chicken, tabula, and fattoush are on each corner of the street. In the shops, you can find Syrian-made olive oil, halloumi and labenah cheese, and zataar. The zataar is packed into small bags that read: “Egyptian industry made with Syrian hands.” Syrian and Egyp...

Their arrest by Egypt's coastguard and 12 days in detention under the searing heat have not sapped the determination of young Syrian Suad and her brother: They will get to Europe, whatever the risk. "When the coastguards arrested us they opened fire. An Egyptian man was wounded," says 18-year-old S...

أصبح السوريون الآن متواجدين في كل مكان داخل مصر، فتحولوا لجزء لا يتجزأ من المجتمع المصري، يرحب بهم المصريين ويتعاملون معا كالأهل المتعايشين في وطن واحد، إلا أن الصعوبات التي يواجهونها مثل عدم اعتبارهم لاجئين حتى الآن، والنظر إليهم كطالبي لجوء، وعدم حصولهم على فرص عمل، وغيرها، يجبرهم على الرحيل وتركه...

تتباين الأسباب التي تدفع بعض العائلات السورية للنزوح إلى صعيد مصر، إلا أن ارتفاع تكلفة المعيشة وصخب الحياة في العاصمة القاهرة يدفع الكثيرين للتوجه إلى الجنوب الذي ينعم بالهدوء، ويتميز بعدم التشديد على إقامات السوريين. ويلاقي الباحث صعوبةً كبيرةً في العثور على السوريين في الصعيد أو التحدث إليهم، إ...