Migrants
IOM revealed that the current number of international migrants residing in Egypt was 9,012,582 equivalent migrants to 8.7% of the Egyptian population (103,655,989).
On the occasion of the World Refugee Day, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement Monday.
The IOM also confirmed the rescue of about 4,461 migrants during the same period, according to a latest update published by the IOM's office in Libya on its official Facebook page.
The country also asserted the necessity of respecting others' right in religious freedom, which is one of the human rights.
This legislation comes within the framework of the state's strategy towards providing legislative solutions to combat such crime.
The World Health Organization held a press conference Wednesday, providing the latest developments in confronting Coronavirus, ensuring the importance of a third dose “booster” to protect against the infection.
That was at the high-profile meeting of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
The initiative seeks to enhance coordination, ensure better delivery and mobilize resources to realize long-term, sustainable development gains for migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and their host communities, enhancing social inclusion and cohesion, the statement said.
This comes within the state’s humanitarian and sovereignty efforts to protect the Libyan shores and provide rescue services.
A boat belonging to the Libyan coast guard moved the migrants to a Tripoli base ahead of handing them to the department of combating illegal immigration.
As many as 9,216 migrants have been rescued in the Mediterranean Sea so far this year, compared to 7,106 last year.
The bodies were detected off the coast of Saloum city western the country.
Hundreds of migrants headed through permeable borders to Greece from Turkey on Sunday
The total number of migrants intercepted by the Libyan coast guard in the past month rose 121 percent from the same period last year.
Four migrants have died and up to 16 more are missing after trying to cross into Europe from North Africa on a small raft, Spain’s coastguard said on Wednesday.
The charity SOS Mediterranean announced Sunday it would deploy a new vessel to "conduct search and rescue activities" off the coast of Libya.
The Swiss Development Cooperation, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Youth and Sport , and in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), is launching a Clickfunding campaign to support the in
Immigration to Europe is no longer confined to people who seek jobs and a more stable and abundant economic life. It is now a refuge for fugitives from civil wars.
Libya's coast guard said it has intercepted Europe-bound vessels carrying nearly 200 migrants, including women, off the country's Mediterranean coast, ABC News reported.
Egypt has hosted many migrants for decades which made it a culturally rich country.
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