Sisi receives UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Monday 14/January/2019 - 03:18 PM
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Monday received at
El Ittihadiya Palace, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi,
who is currently on an official visit to Cairo, Presidential Spokesman Bassam
Radi said in a statement.
The UN Refugee Agency regards Egypt as a pioneering
example in the region for hosting refugees in an urban environment and
providing them with all education and health services on an equal footing with
Egyptians.
Egypt hosts more than 242,000 refugees and
registered asylum seekers from 58 world countries. Those refugees are residing
mainly in Greater Cairo, Alexandria and the North Coast.
