Illegal Migrants

FM, EU commissioner discuss assisted return of Egypt-hosted illegal migrants

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 - 11:46 GMT

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Egyptian Expats Badr Abdelatty and EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson met in Cairo on Monday.

Egypt extends deadline for illegal migrants to apply on residence

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 - 01:42 GMT

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimated in 2022 that the number of migrants in Egypt had hit 9,115,929 belonging to 133 countries.

Egypt’s authorities arrest 86 illegal immigrants in Giza, Aswan

Thu, 05 Mar 2020 - 01:48 GMT

The ministry launched investigations to collect all the needed data on the immigrants, as two of them were Arab nationals.

Infiltration attempts by 217 people foiled in August: military spox

Wed, 04 Sep 2019 - 10:52 GMT

Egypt Border guards aborted during August infiltration and illegal immigration attempts by 217 people of various nationalities.

Tunisian navy recovers 10 more bodies after boat collision

Mon, 16 Oct 2017 - 02:00 GMT

Tunisia's navy said on Sunday it recovered 10 more bodies of Tunisian migrants who drowned when their boat sank last week in a collision with a navy vessel.

100 migrants missing after their boat sank off Libyan shores

Thu, 21 Sep 2017 - 01:18 GMT

More than 100 illegal migrants from different nationalities went missing after their boat had sunk off the western Libyan shores - Libyan navy

Seven Egyptian corpses recognized in Libya’s desert

Mon, 10 Jul 2017 - 10:20 GMT

Only seven Egyptians’ corpses were identified out of 19 Egyptian corpses found in the Libyan Desert.

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