UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, signed a partnership agreement with the Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) worth EGP 38 M, which aims to provide humanitarian assistance to people crossing the border from Sudan.
The agreement is a top-up to the EGP 15 M worth of in-kind support provided by UNHCR since the outbreak of the crisis on the Egyptian border.
Under this partnership, UNHCR will provide the Egyptian Red Crescent with more than 2 million bottles of water, hygiene, and sanitary kit, sufficient for 150,000 individuals crossing the border, including Sudanese, Egyptians, and other nationalities.
The Un Agency will also cover the transportation expenses from the border to Aswan or other governorates for vulnerable cases. In addition, UNHCR allocated a budget to ERC to support urgent medical cases suffering from chronic diseases or having recently faced medical issues as a consequence of the long trip between Sudan and Egypt.
It is worth noting that UNHCR has been present with partner United Nations agencies to provide quick and life-saving support on the Egyptian border since the first day of the outbreak of the armed conflict in Sudan in mid-April.
According to numbers UNHCR received from the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as of 17 May, more than 113,000 people, including 107,286 Sudanese individuals and 5,364 third-country nationals fled Sudan to Egypt through the Argeen and Qusol border crossings.
