Marsad Egypt Egyptian Security Sector Observatory Five migrants died and 16 went missing after their boat sank off the coast of eastern Libya while attempting to reach Europe, authorities said on Tuesday.
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Boat carrying 27 Egyptians to Italy sinks off Libya coast
A dinghy boat carrying 27 Egyptians sank off the coast of Libya on Sunday, leaving two dead and 19 missing as of Monday morning.
Read More »IOM: Egypt Home to More Than 9 Million International Migrants
Egypt homes over nine million international migrants and refugees from 133 countries, reveals the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Read More »Concerns for human rights as EU promises Egypt $84m in migration deal
Egypt’s coastguard is set to receive €80 million ($84.2 million) from the EU to prevent boats carrying asylum seekers from leaving its shores for Europe.
Read More »Egypt recovers 29,000 smuggled antiquities over the past 7 years
During the past seven years, Egypt was able to recover 29,000 smuggled antiquities, in cooperation with the competent authorities.
Read More »Former Louvre director charged with trafficking Egyptian artefacts
Jean-Luc Martinez has been accused of turning a blind eye to fake certificates of origin for numerous items The former director of the Louvre art gallery in Paris has been charged with conspiring to hide the origin of archaeological treasures suspected of having been smuggled out of Egypt during the …
Read More »Egypt jails former MP for antiquities smuggling
An Egyptian court sentenced Thursday a former member of parliament and others to ten years in prison for smuggling antiquities out of the country, as part of a campaign to stop the trade.
Read More »Egypt: police ‘mistreat’ Sudanese refugees
Human Rights Watch has accused the Egyptian police authorities of “mistreating” Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers in December last year and early January. The police arrested 30 Sudanese citizens during that period “arbitrarily”, it is alleged by the rights group.
Read More »Egyptian police ‘arbitrarily detain and abuse’ Sudanese refugees
Police in Egypt have subjected dozens of Sudanese refugees to arbitrary detention and abuse, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday
Read More »Amnesty slams Egypt’s forcible return of Eritrean refugees
A group of 50 Eritrean refugees are at imminent risk of deportation from Egypt amid a spike in removals of undocumented migrants, Amnesty International has said on Friday.
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