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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has commended Egypt's Ministry of Interior for increasing the validity of asylum-based residency permits from six months to one year and expanding the operational capacity of the General Department of Passports, Immigration, and Nationality in Abbasiya, Cairo, allowing the facility to process up to 1,000 individuals daily, up from the previous limit of 600. “By extending the validity of asylum-based residency, the Egyptian government is improving refugees’ lives in concrete ways. We…
