Thousands of Egyptian students in Ukraine, Russia stuck in limbo amid war
The Egyptian government held a virtual meeting to address students’ challenges as those in Ukraine cope with the ongoing war and others in Russia are unable to pay tuition due to sanctions.
Egyptian students who were studying at universities in Ukraine and Russia before fleeing the war in Ukraine are pleading with the Egyptian government to help them overcome the difficulties they have been facing since returning to Egypt.
Around 3,500 Egyptian students were studying in Ukraine at the outbreak of the war — although according to an official at Egypt’s Ministry of Education, nearly 85% have now returned home. Nearly 9,000 Egyptians, meanwhile, are enrolled in Russian universities.
On Oct. 16, Egypt’s Minister of Emigration and Expatriates Affairs Soha Gendy took part in a video conference with a number of Egyptian students currently enrolled in universities in Ukraine and Russia to discuss their problems.
The virtual meeting was held in coordination with the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, amid the repercussions of the Russian war on Ukraine and the return of a large number of Egyptian students from Russia and Ukraine to Egypt due to the ongoing fighting.
