Human Rights Watch urges Egypt to lift barriers to refugee schooling

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has asked that Egypt remove "bureaucratic registration barriers" that it says prevent "tens of thousands of refugees and asylum-seeking children" from accessing education in the country. "The authorities should immediately remove the barriers keeping refugee and asylum-seeking children out of school," HRW said, adding that international partners should "urgently support humanitarian funding for education for
refugees in Egypt". As of last month, Egypt hosted 834,000 refugees and asylum seekers
registered with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), a figure that has more than doubled compared with last year because of the conflict in Sudan.