In line with UNHCR’s Global Strategic Priorities (GSPs) and High Commissioner’s 2017 Planning and Prioritization, UNHCR will continue to ensure the implementation of the Refugee and Resilience response Plan (3RP) for the Syria crisis in Egypt. This will be done in close coordination with UN and NGO partners ensuring protection mainstreaming across all sectors through inter-sector coordination and targeted advocacy. The strengthening of accountability mechanisms, coordination, monitoring and evaluation will be pursued as an overarching objective.
Preservation of the protection space, enhanced access to asylum and effective protection in Egypt, access to quality health and education services, and strengthened prevention and response to sexual and gender based violence, child protection, detention, refoulement and risks related to irregular movements will remain priorities, as will the enhancement of data collection and trends analysis.
UNHCR will also mainstream the implementation of the five Global Strategies (SGBV, Child Protection, Education, Livelihood and Health) into the programmatic response for Syrian refugees. Promoting educational opportunities for children and young people in line with the No Lost Generation initiative will remain.
UNHCR will also continue monitoring borders and detention centres, ensuring access to asylum, prevention of refoulement and addressing the needs of Syrians affected by mixed migration through legal, material and counselling support. Advocacy with the Government to enhance access to civil documentation and birth certificates and on more flexible and decentralized residency procedures, family reunification facilitation, and alternatives to detention will continue.
UNHCR will remain engaged in mixed migration discussions at the interregional, regional and national level. Protection efforts will focus on legislation analysis and revised approach to training and capacity building with UN agencies and other stakeholders will be pursued.
SGBV prevention and response will continue through outsourced quality case management with key partners, quality community-based protection, community outreach, and strengthening of national systems to ensure access to non-discriminatory and inter-sectorial responses in most impacted governorates. Monitoring and Evaluation, and capacity building of UNHCR and partners will be planned. UNHCR will expand its psychosocial support for SGBV survivors and children and continue to coordinate intervention and responses through the interagency working groups.
UNHCR will reinforce its strategic use of protection advocacy and engagement with the Government, further investing in effective and innovative partnerships, including specialized partners (National Council of Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM), National Council for Women (NCW), Judiciary, immigration/coastal guards, human rights bodies, Defence, Education, and Health).
Direct assistance for the most vulnerable on a needs based approach will be implemented, building on the vulnerability assessments done for Syrians in 2015/2016. Targeted cash assistance will be used across protection, health, education and basic needs sectors
UNHCR will focus on expanding durable solutions for Syrians and advocating for increased resettlement quotas and other legal pathways of admission to third countries. Strategic use of registration and refugee status determination and resettlement to improve identification, assessment of special needs and vulnerabilities and best use of assistance through a systematic needs-based approach will be prioritized.
UNHCR will enhance community participation, expand innovative outreach and communication with people of concern, and mainstream its protection outreach strategy building upon its 2016 achievements. Community based projects benefiting refugees and hosting communities will be implemented and mass information initiatives to change host communities’ perception of refugees and promote co-existence.
The same government’s support for refugee protection and visa regime will remain and so, local populations’ tolerance of refugee communities, protection and assistance programs by partners, mixed movements resulting in detention.