Abstract
This study is an attempt to survey and better understand the socio-economic characteristics of refugees and asylum seeking populations in Egypt.
- Title
- Socio-economic profiling of refugees and asylum seekers in Egypt
- Contributors
- ILO DWT for North Africa and Country Office for Egypt and EritreaPartnership for improving prospects for forcibly displaced persons and host communities,Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,International Labour Organization,Kingdom of the Netherlands,
- Publisher
- ILO; Cairo
- Date published
- 2023
- Edition
- [1st ed.]
- Number of pages
- 71 p.
- ISBN
- 9789220387818; 9789220387825
- Language
- English
- Asset Type
- report
- Record Identifier
- 995265381102676
- Table of contents
- Executive summary -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- Objectives -- Methodology -- 2. Respondents’ background characteristics -- Gender, age, nationality -- Duration of stay in Egypt -- Geographic mobility -- Educational attainment -- Literacy and numeracy -- ICT use -- Dwelling -- Cost of rent -- Mean household size -- 3. Incomes -- Sources of earnings -- Main source of income -- Mean household income -- Mean household income quartiles -- Mean per capita income -- Mean income from various sources -- 4. Employment -- Employment status -- Employment rates -- Unemployment rates -- Formal versus informal employment -- Current occupation -- Sector of activity -- Mean working hours -- Underemployment (time-related) -- Work benefits -- Job search -- Sources of help in obtaining the current job -- Reasons for not searching for paid jobs -- Challenges in running businesses in Egypt -- 5. Skills and qualifications -- Language skills -- Computer skills -- Job training -- Work experience -- Respondents’ skills compared with required skills -- 6. Access to and demand for services -- Financial services -- Youth centres -- Literacy and Arabic language programmes -- Vocational training programmes -- Freedom of movement in Egypt -- Most needed services -- 7. Community inclusion -- Reasons for choosing Egypt for asylum -- Discrimination -- Access to public services -- 8. Conclusion and recommendations.