The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated U.S.$5 million to Egypt to respond to the immediate needs of people fleeing from Sudan and their host communities.
Development Diaries reports that the support includes refugees, returnees, asylum-seekers and third-country nationals.
Egypt has received the largest number of people fleeing the fighting in Sudan since the beginning of the crisis in April.
It is estimated that over 113,000 people had arrived on the Egyptian-Sudanese borders as of 17 May, 2023.
According to the United Nations, the numbers are rapidly increasing with up to 5,000 arrivals a day in Qustul and Argeen borders.
Within the next six months, 350,000 migrants could enter Egypt, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said.
It is further understood that the allocation of funds to relief efforts in Egypt is part of bigger support provided to neighbouring countries of Sudan (Chad, Central African Republic and South Sudan) with a total amount of U.S.$22 million.
The UN has estimated that more than 100,000 refugees had already left Sudan for neighbouring nations and that up to 800,000 more may do so in the coming days.
With 42,300 entries so far and the potential to host up to 300,000 migrants over the following six months, Egypt has emerged as the main destination for individuals escaping the fighting in Sudan.
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