Sudanese refugees in Egypt
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 4,000,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Southern Egypt, Cairo, Alexandria, Suez, Sharm el Sheikh | |
| Languages | |
| Sudanese Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Sudanese Arabs, Beja, Nubians, Fur |
There are hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees in Egypt, most of them seeking refuge from ongoing military conflicts in their home country of Sudan. Their official status as refugees is highly disputed, and they have been subject to racial discrimination and police brutality.
They live among a larger population of Sudanese migrants in Egypt. More than 4 million people of Sudanese nationality including 503,993 refugees from Sudan registered with UNHCR live in Egypt. The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants believes many more of these migrants are refugees, but see little benefit in seeking recognition.
Egypt used to employ a "shoot to stop" policy against refugees attempting to continue to Israel. According to Human Rights Watch, over 50 refugees, including women and children, have been shot by Egyptian border guards since 2007.