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Language: عربى English አማርኛ Luuqad Oromiffaa ትግርኛ UNHCR Egypt - Refugees Status Determination Information Home RSD Result Forms & Leaflets Relevant Links This website provides asylum applicants with a secure way to access the results of their refugee status determination interview. These results are also posted – anonymously and in line with confidentiality provisions at the offices of UNHCR Implementing Partners. Important Announcement UNHCR Egypt is extending the reduction of its activities and postponement of interviews until August 22, 2020 . Since the partial suspension of its activities, UNHCR has remained in contact with refugees and with the different communities through various channels of communication and has ensured the following services: Financial assistance is maintained. Essential services related to sexual and Gender-based violence (SGBV) and Child Protection are on-going in a reduced capacity, prioritizing emergency cases and ensuring low volumes of applicants. Protection, Reception and Counseling take place through phones (Infoline) and emails referred to in the attached table. Registration, Refugee Status Determination (RSD), Resettlement and Voluntary Repatriation interviews are postponed except for emergency cases. Refugees and asylum-seekers will be notified of the new date via SMS. The receipt of appeal and reopening requests at UNHCR Main Building is suspended. For the time being, appeal and reopening requests can be submitted via e-mail to arecaapr@unhcr.org. For those who will not be able to do so, UNHCR will adopt a flexible approach regarding the 30-day appeal deadline, once UNHCR will return to routine working hours. Initial recording of new arrivals is possible via email pending formal registration upon resumption of activities. Refugees and asylum-seekers with registration-related questions such as new registration, verification and document renewal, family unity interviews, closure and separation interviews are highly encouraged to use the email address arecareg@unhcr.org to send their questions. Applicants without an email account can call the phone numbers 01202873019 or 01202873033 that are specifically designated to handle registration-related inquiries. Greater Cairo Alexandria and the North Coast 01202873434 | 01202873414 01202873179 | 01202873307 01202873184 | 01202873011 01202873215 | 01202872744 01202873306 01272960630 | 01289976699 01271556940 Emergency Protection (serious SGBV/CP/Detention cases): 01289911819 ­­Working Hours: Sunday – Wednesday: 09:00 – 14:00 Thursday: 09:00 – 12:00 Working Hours: Sunday – Thursday: 09:00 – 14:00 UNHCR will continue to be reached via email through the following accounts: Service Greater Cairo Alexandria and the North Coast Referrals for SGBV arecagbv@unhcr.org arealgbv@unhcr.org Referrals for Child Protection arecacp@unhcr.org arealcp@unhcr.org Referrals for Protection, Counseling & Reception arecapro@unhcr.org arealpro@unhcr.org Initial recording of new arrivals arecareg@unhcr.org arealregt@unhcr.org Stay safe. Watch the video in English اهد الفيديو باللغة عربى Question and Answers What is the role of UNHCR? The Office of the United Nations of High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is the refugee agency of the United Nations that was established in 1951 to provide international protection to refugees and solutions for refugees. UNHCR works to safeguard the rights of refugees, promote their well-being and help secure durable solutions. In Egypt, UNHCR is responsible for the Refugee Status Determination (RSD) process on behalf of the Egyptian government based on a memorandum of understanding signed in 1954. Who is a refugee? According to 1951 Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of refugees, a refugee is a person who is outside the country of his/her origin, has a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group, and owing to such fear is unable or unwilling to avail himself/herself of the protection of that country. Please also note that applicants for whom there are serious reasons for consideration that they are responsible for serious crimes might be excluded from refugee status. What is the purpose of the refugee status determination interview? The purpose of the refugee status determination (RSD) interview is to assist you to put forward your case and to fully explain all pertinent information concerning you and your past experiences and circumstances that led you to fleeing your home country.All information you provide during the interview will be treated in a confidential manner by UNHCR.During the interview, you will be asked questions about your family, education, place of birth, and the particular reasons for leaving your country of origin. Based on this interview, UNHCR will determine whether or not you will be granted refugee status according to international refugee law. The Refugee Status Determination Interview When you are scheduled for an individual refugee status determination (RSD) interview, either you will be given an appointment slip with the date of the interview or you will receive an SMS. Furthermore, this website will be updated with your appointment date as well. As there could be changes in the RSD appointments, you are also requested check the website regularly, especially 48 hours before your RSD appointment. During the RSD procedure, you are required to: Submit any documents and evidence available regarding your application; Tell the truth and be cooperative; Inform UNHCR about your family members accompanying you. Adult family members will be interviewed individually. During the RSD procedure, you have the right to: Be interviewed in a language you can communicate in; To be represented by a lawyer or a legal representative, who qualifies as such under UNHCR’s established procedures, during your RSD procedure. Please also take note that: Each applicant has a different profile, background and reason for fleeing his/her country; hence, each case will be assessed individually according to UNHCR rules and procedures. Please, do not pay attention to rumours spread among refugee communities about specific stories to be presented in order to be granted refugee status; Intentionally misleading UNHCR about the facts of your case or your identity is fraud. Please note that this will negatively affect the processing of your case and may lead to a negative decision. UNHCR reserves the right to take appropriate measures in such cases; Your statements and documents will be kept confidential and will not be shared by UNHCR with other third parties without your consent. Please note that under no circumstances will UNHCR share your information with the government of your country of origin; Do not sign any documents unless read, understood and approved by you; While in Egypt you, like any other foreigners, are expected to respect the laws, customs and traditions of the society hosting you; Verbal and physical threats made to UNHCR staff violate national law. UNHCR will report any person making such threats to the police and these person may be prosecuted. Why are there different procedures at first instance? UNHCR Cairo has different procedures depending on the complexity of the cases. Some cases undergo registration and refugee status determination (RSD) interviews together in the same interview, which is called the Merged Registration/RSD procedure; some cases have separate registration and RSD interviews; and some cases have more than one RSD interview in order to ensure the Office has sufficient amount of information to complete the RSD procedure. All RSD interviews except for the Merged Registration/RSD ones take place in the RSD Building 44A Street, 2nd Proximity, 8th District, 6th of October City. The Merged Registration/RSD interviews take place in the UNHCR 6th of October Main Premises in the 17 Mekka El Mokrama Street, 3rd proximity, 7th...