The project stipulates the establishment of a permanent committee for affairs Refugees It will have legal personality and report to the Prime Minister. It will be the body concerned with refugee affairs, especially adjudicating asylum applications, cooperating with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and ensuring the provision of all aspects of support, care and services to refugees, according to the Egyptian National Media Authority.
Asylum applications submitted by persons with disabilities, the elderly or women Pregnant women Or unaccompanied children or victims Human trafficking And torture And sexual violenceThey will have priority in study and examination.
Once a refugee acquires this description, he has the right to obtain a travel document issued by the Ministry of Interior, a ban on extradition to the state of his nationality or the state of his habitual residence, and freedom in religious belief, and those of heavenly religions have the right to practice religious rituals in places of worship designated for that.
Under the draft law, the refugee child also has the right to… Basic educationThe right to recognition of educational certificates granted abroad to refugees.
The refugee also has the right to obtain appropriate health care in accordance with the decisions issued by the Minister of Health, and to participate in membership in civil society organizations or their boards of directors.
Anyone who acquires the status of a refugee is obligated to respect the Constitution and the laws and regulations in force in the country Egypt Taking into account the values of Egyptian society and respecting its traditions, and prohibiting any activity that would undermine national security or public order or conflict with the goals and principles of the United Nations, the African Union, or the League of Arab States.
The draft law also stipulates that the refugee status will be dropped, and the person will be immediately deported from the country if he acquired this status based on fraud, fraud, or the omission of any basic data or information, or if he is proven to have committed any of the prohibitions stipulated in the law.
