Egypt - Monthly Operational Update - April 2026

Countries: Egypt, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, World Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Please refer to the attached file. LATEST DEVELOPMENTS – HIGHLIGHTS • In the first quarter of 2026, UNHCR Egypt’s Help website was ranked as the most visited UNHCR Help platform worldwide, highlighting increased reliance on official information channels by Sudanese refugees and asylum-seekers. Between January and March 2026, the website recorded around 350,000 visits and 1.35 million page views, representing a 27% rise in visits and a 69% increase in page views compared with the same period in 2025. This follows strong performance in 2025, when the Egypt Help website was the second most viewed globally with 3.4 million views, underscoring its growing role as a key source of information on services and assistance. • In April, to mark the third anniversary of the Sudan crisis, UNHCR Egypt amplified its messaging on the widening gap between growing humanitarian needs and shrinking resources, with a particular focus on the cash assistance programme, highlighting that nearly 20,000 refugee families—most of them female-headed households—depend on this support to meet basic needs. To date, only 2% of the required funding for the cash programme in 2026 has been secured, which risks the programme coming to a complete halt if no additional funding is secured. • In April, UNHCR and WFP jointly released the Egypt Vulnerability Assessment for Refugees (EVAR), which findings highlight a deepening vulnerability among refugees in Egypt. More than 65% of refugee households are highly or extremely vulnerable and unable to meet basic needs, while nearly 58% face moderate to severe food insecurity, indicating widespread deprivation. Particularly alarming, 38% of food-insecure households include a child under five in urgent need of nutrition support, pointing to elevated risks for child health and development.
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