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The Egyptian Armed Forces released Sunday a statement highlighting the smuggling attempts thwarted by Border Guards on all strategic fronts.
The Prime Minister discussed cooperation between Egypt and the European Union regarding the European financial package provided to Egypt, to support the macro-economy, amounting to €5 billion.
PM Madbouly delivered a recorded speech, stating that this occasion reflects the strong national political will and the steadfast commitment of Egypt in combating the serious challenge of illegal migration
The Naval Forces have successfully rescued a boat carrying 31 persons of various nationalities attempting illegal migration, after it experienced a technical malfunction 130 nautical miles from Salloum.
The Egyptian gazette published Monday a decree issued by the minister of interior to deport four Syrian nationals.
Egyptian Public Prosecutor Counselor Mohamed Shawqi arrived Sunday in Moscow to meet his Russian counterpart Igor Krasnov.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shokry held a series of meetings with a number of EU commissioners in Brussels.
The meeting also touched on ways to coordinate efforts to combat illegal immigration, in addition to developments pertinent to a number of regional and international issues of common interest, mainly the crisis in Sudan and the Russian-Ukrainian crisis.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shokry received Sunday a phone call from his Italian counterpart Antonio Tajani.
Ambassador Rady concluded by shedding light on the fact that Egypt hosts nine million migrants, and has no refugee camps.
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi received Thursday a phone call from Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Families of the victims and missing persons can contact the working group to provide information that helps identify the victims, said the Ministry in a statement on Monday.
He stressed the need to take further action against the smugglers and traffickers. “We cannot sit when our children drawing in the Mediterranean Sea, announcing that the EU allocated Egypt 80 million euros for border management, search and rescue operations.
The fishing boat capsized off the coast of Greece and led to the drowning of hundreds of refugees in the Mediterranean Sea on June 14. The Greek Coast Guard said that 104 people have been rescued so far and 78 bodies have been recovered, said the Greek Coast Guard in a statement, adding that nine men, who are Egyptian [aged 26, 21, 40, 36, 32, 26, 22, 29 and 20 years old], from the rescued people were arrested for having “distinct roles in the transport of the rest.”
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shokry received Sunday Commissioner for Promoting European Way of Life Margaritis Schinas.
A three-day workshop was held earlier in February for Spanish and Egyptian judges to exchange experience on combating human trafficking and migrant smuggling.
The minister elaborated that Italy wants to establish an energy hub in Europe in cooperation with other Mediterranean states.
The ministry underscored that Egypt does not confine refugees and migrants in camps or detention centers.
The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by H.E. Ambassador Naela Gabr, Chairperson of the National Coordinating Committee for Combating and Preventing Illegal Migration and Trafficking in Persons, and Mr. Jeremy Hopkins, UNICEF Representative in Egypt.
The Egyptian Armed Forces announced Tuesday that the Border Guard Force, backed by information provided by the intelligence agencies, had recently thwarted several smuggling attempts of arms and drugs as well as illegal migration.
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