Please choose another country:

Select your country/region Country… Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua & Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bonaire Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Indian Ocean Ter Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Canary Islands Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Channel Islands Chile China Christmas Island Cocos Island Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Cote D’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Curacao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Ter Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guyana Haiti Hawaii Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea North Korea South Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malaysia Malawi Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Midway Islands Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nambia Nauru Nepal Netherland Antilles Netherlands (Holland, Europe) Nevis New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Island Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Island Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Montenegro Republic of Serbia Reunion Romania Russia Rwanda St Barthelemy St Eustatius St Helena St Kitts-Nevis St Lucia St Maarten St Pierre & Miquelon St Vincent & Grenadines Saipan Samoa Samoa American San Marino Sao Tome & Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tahiti Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks & Caicos Is Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (Brit) Virgin Islands (USA) Wake Island Wallis & Futana Is Yemen Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe

Egypt:

Africa and Middle East Refugee Assistance (AMERA) Egypt 
1 Tawfik Diab St, 3rd Floor, Apartment 15, Garden City, Cairo 
Telephone: +20 2 795 3202 
Email: info [at] amera-uk [dot] org

AMERA was set up in 2000 to provide legal aid and other forms of support to the refugee and asylum seeker population in Egypt. Officially, there are 30, 000 refugees and asylum seekers in Egypt; unofficially, estimates range from 500,000 upwards. As one of the very few providers of pro bono legal aid as a professional service in Egypt, AMERA has established working relationships with UNHCR and other refugee service providers. 

AMERA offers assistance to refugees and asylum seekers through six teams of volunteers and interns, all of which are led by professional staff. These teams offer the following services:

·     Legal assistance for those asylum seekers undergoing refugee status determination;
·     Legal assistance with protection issues and in registering with UNHCR;
·     Legal and psycho-social assistance in cases of gender-based violence, including referral of cases for urgent resettlement;
·     Protection and social assistance for unaccompanied minors;
·     Community outreach and networking; and
·     Psychosocial services, which connect asylum seekers and refugees with community support services during and after the preparation of their legal submissions and testimonies.

The Egyptian Foundation for Refugee and Migrant Rights
94 Mohamed Fared St, 2nd Floor, Cairo.
Telephone: +20 (0) 2 239 10491
Email: efrr_eg [at] yahoo [dot] com

The Egyptian Foundation for Refugee and Migrant Rights is a non-governmental organization that assists in securing the rights of refugees and migrants in Egypt as guaranteed by international and domestic law.

The Foundation’s lawyers are legally trained and qualified members of the Bar Association of Egypt. The lawyers are bound by the professional standards and ethics of the Bar Association. In addition, the Foundation abides by the Nairobi Code, an ethical code of conduct for legal aid providers working with refugees. The Foundation is advised by, and its programs shaped by the input of a committee of refugee community leaders and a committee of experts on refugee legal aid.  We welcome honest and frank feedback concerning our programmes and activities.

In 2009, the Foundation is focusing its work on securing three core human rights for migrants and refugees:

(1) Freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention;
(2) Right to the equal protection of the law; and
(3) Freedom of association.FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION

Refugees and migrants, by virtue of being outside of their country of origin, are often isolated. This isolation can increase their vulnerability to exploitation and abuse. The Foundation provides legal advice to refugees and migrants who wish to form community groups and organize community events in Egypt.

FREEDOM FROM ARBITRARY ARREST AND DETENTION
Various human rights treaties and the Egyptian constitution guarantee that no one shall be subject to arbitrary arrest and that anyone who is arrested will have his or her detention reviewed promptly by a judge. The Foundation provides legal representation to migrants and refugees who are arrested and detained. It aims to secure their release, or at the very least the prompt adjudication of the validity of their detention in accordance with Egyptian law.

RIGHT TO EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAW
Refugees and migrants are entitled to the equal protection of the law under both Egyptian and international law. Thus when they are victims of crime, whether at the hands of private citizens, other migrants, or even the Egyptian police, the government of Egypt has an obligation to receive and investigate their complaints. The Foundation assists refugees and migrants in filing complaints about criminal acts committed against them, and with every subsequent part of the criminal process.

OTHER PROGRAMMES
The Foundation also provides representation to refugees and migrants facing improper deportation, including refoulement.

The Foundation also hopes to expand its programmes in mid 2009 to include advocacy for other core migrant and refugee rights including the right to work and the right to education. The Foundation is a member of the Southern Refugee Legal Aid Network.

© SRLAN 2009 | Contact SRLAN