The House of Representatives approved the first internal legislation regulating the affairs of refugees and asylum seekers in Egypt, in accordance with the international agreements ratified by Egypt, most notably the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees signed in Geneva on 7/28/1951.
The legislation establishes a permanent committee for refugee affairs that will have legal personality and report to the Prime Minister and 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 Support, care and services for refugees.
According to the law, an asylum application is submitted to the competent committee by the asylum seeker or his legal representative, and the committee decides on the application within six months for those who entered the country legally, and within a maximum of one year for those who entered the country illegally. A legitimate path.
Asylum applications submitted by persons with disabilities, the elderly, pregnant women, unaccompanied children, or victims of human trafficking, torture, and sexual violence shall have priority in study and examination.
The refugee shall enjoy immediate access to This description includes many rights, such as the right to obtain a travel document issued by the Ministry of the Interior after the approval of the Permanent Committee for Refugee Affairs, the prohibition of extraditing him to the country of which he holds citizenship or the country of his usual residence, and his freedom in religious belief, and those of heavenly religions have the right to practice religious rituals in a role. The worship designated for that purpose, and in matters of personal status, including marriage and its effects, inheritance, and endowment, he is subject to the law of the country of his domicile or residence if he does not have a domicile, in a manner that does not conflict with public order, and his enjoyment of the same established rights. Foreigners have the right to original and in-kind rights over immovable and movable property and the rights associated with them, and they have the same rights with regard to intellectual property.
The law indicates his right to litigate and to be exempt from judicial fees if necessary, in the manner regulated by the relevant laws. connection, his right to work and receive the appropriate wage for his work, and his right to practice liberal professions, all in accordance with the relevant laws.
He drew attention to his right to work for himself and establish Companies or joining existing companies, as regulated by the relevant laws, the right of the refugee child to basic education, and the right to recognition of academic certificates granted abroad to refugees, in accordance with the rules legally established for foreigners.
The law also spoke about His right to obtain appropriate health care in accordance with the decisions issued by the Minister of Health, and his right to participate in the membership of civil society organizations or their boards of directors in accordance with the law regulating the practice of civil work.
The law stipulates that it is prohibited to charge him any taxes. Or fees or any other financial burdens, whatever they are called, that differ from those imposed on citizens, their right to return voluntarily at any time to the country of which they hold citizenship or their country of habitual residence.
The law specifies a set of obligations. Anyone who acquires the status of a refugee must comply with a number of prohibitions, including the obligation to respect the constitution, laws and regulations in force in the Arab Republic of Egypt, to take into account the values of Egyptian society and respect its traditions, and to prohibit carrying out any activity that would harm national security. Or public order or conflicts with the goals and principles of the United Nations, the African Union, the League of Arab States, or any organization to which Egypt is a party, or committing any hostile act against its country of origin or any other country.
It also included a direct prohibition. Any political or partisan work or any work within unions, or establishing, joining or participating in any way in any of the parties. The asylum application will not be accepted if the asylum seeker has serious reasons for committing a crime against peace or humanity or a crime. war, or if he committed a serious crime before entering the Arab Republic of Egypt, or if he committed any acts contrary to the goals and principles of the United Nations, or if he was included on the lists of terrorist entities and terrorists within the Arab Republic of Egypt in accordance with the law, or if he committed any acts that would undermine national security. Or public order, if the asylum application is rejected, the committee requests the competent ministry to deport the asylum seeker outside the country, and the asylum seeker is notified of the decision.
According to the law, the status of a refugee is dropped and he is immediately deported from the country if he has It was acquired based on fraud, fraud, or omission of any basic data or information, or if it was proven that he committed any of the prohibitions stipulated in the law, the most important of which is committing any act that would undermine national security or public order or conflict with the goals and principles of the United Nations or the African Union. Or the League of Arab States, or any organization to which Egypt is a party, or any hostile act against its country of origin or any other country, or its undertaking in Egypt of any political or partisan action or any other action. Within unions, or establishing, joining, or participating in any way in any of the parties.
Everyone who entered the country illegally and meets the objective conditions for an asylum seeker is obligated to voluntarily submit his application to the Permanent Committee for Refugee Affairs by a deadline. A maximum of 45 days from the date of entry, and the violator shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of not less than six months, and a fine of not less than ten thousand pounds and not more than one hundred thousand pounds, or one of the two penalties.
