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Egypt to found court on human trafficking, illegal immigration
Oct. 23, 2015 16:45
Justice Minister Ahmed al-Zend - YOUM7/Ahmed Maarouf
By THE CAIRO POST
CAIRO: Egypt will found a court specialized in human trafficking and
illegal immigration, Justice Minister Ahmed el-Zend announced Friday
during a meeting with William Lacy, head of the International
Organization for Migration.
The Egyptian authorities routinely foil the attempts of migrants from
Egypt, Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan, Syria and Iraq to migrate illegally to
Europe, but no certain numbers are available about how many are able
to successfully slip under the radar.
Italy has deported hundreds of Egyptians for illegally arriving in its
territories in fishing boats over the past months.
Minister of Immigration Nabila Makram said Tuesday that a boat
smuggling 560 Egyptian children had arrived at Italian coasts; most of
the children are less than 11 years old.
Earlier in October, the owner of a fishing boat was arrested after 10
Syrian and Iraqi asylum seekers drowned after his boat sank. The boat
had 35 migrants on while heading to Italy from the Delta’s Kafr
el-Sheikh.
In an Oct. 13 statement, military spokesperson Mohamed Samir reported
that 2,215 people were arrested in illegal immigration attempts in
September, both in cities on the Mediterranean and at the
Egyptian-Libya borders.
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