17/12/2024 – 10/01/2025

  • On the 17th of December 2024, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi ratified Egypt’s first asylum law. A public body, under the authority of the Prime Minister, will replace the UNHCR in the functions it has carried out since 1954. The bill, passed by Egypt’s parliament without consulting civil society organizations, has been criticized by human rights defenders for its security and oppressive approach to refugees.