STORY: Egypt calls for sustainable solutions to refugee issues
DATELINE: June 21, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:55
LOCATION: Cairo
CATEGORY: POLITICS

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The Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday reaffirmed the importance of coordinating international efforts to find sustainable solutions to refugee issues.
   
"Solutions should consider integration between human and developmental aspects via finding a comprehensive perspective," the ministry said in a statement on World Refugee Day, which is celebrated every year on June 20.
   
Egypt called for mobilizing necessary resources to meet the refugees' humanitarian needs and support refugee-hosting countries based on the principle of equitable sharing of burdens and responsibilities.
   
"This occasion is an important opportunity to shed light on the sufferings of refugees and to affirm solidarity with them and the hosting countries," it added.
   
Amid regional crises and natural disasters, Egypt continues to open its doors to provide a haven for those forced to flee their countries, the statement said.
   
According to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) statistics released in March, Egypt hosts 291,578 UN-registered refugees and asylum seekers.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Cairo.
(XHTV)