CAIRO, Feb 25 (MENA) – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigration, Badr Abdelatty, has underlined the need to address migration issue and uproot illegal immigration.

The minister’s remarks came Tuesday in a phone call with the European Commission’s Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner, citing Egypt’s successful experience on putting an end to Europe-bound illegal immigration from Egypt since 2016.

He congratulated the European commissioner on assuming his new position, stressing Egypt’s keenness to boost cooperation with the European Union to face illegal immigration.

The minister also shed light on the THAMM Plus program “EU Support to legal migration, mobility and skills Partnerships with North of African countries,” which is a sub-regional program funded by the European Union and implemented by the International Labor Organization (ILO) for 48 months (2024-2027) to strengthen the employability of potential migrant workers and regular and sustainable labor mobility pathways leading to decent work opportunities between Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and European Union member states.

Abdelatty also highlighted challenges and burdens borne by Egypt because of hosting some 100 million refugees and immigrants amid low international support. (MENA)

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