Ibrahim Abou Senna

Ibrahim Abou Senna is currently a Refugee Status Determination (RSD) Legal Officer at the Egyptian Foundation for Refugee Rights (EFRR). In 2012 he received his B.A. in French Law from the University of Paris 1, Sorbonne and in 2013 received his B.A. from Cairo University. Determined to work in the field of irregular migration and refugees, upon graduation he began working in the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Cairo, and in January 2014 began a six months internship at Africa and Middle East Refugee Assistance (AMERA) as an RSD Legal Advisor. Upon completion of his internship he was appointed as an RSD Legal Officer at EFRR. His work with refugees and asylum-seekers has provided him with a holistic and detailed view of the problems faced by refugees and asylum seekers who are often at the same time working in the country of asylum. In Egypt, asylum-seekers and refugees are not allowed to engage in any form of formal labour leaving them in the same situation as migrant workers, facing grave human rights abuse because of the lack of a legal status that could preserve their rights.