The Egyptian government called on INTERPOL and the Italian authorities to hand over Italian diplomats on charges of smuggling thousands of Egyptian artifacts to Italy, in a case dating back to the years between 2016 and 2018. In addition,Italy has demanded the extradition of the killers of researcher Giulio Regeni.
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Security forces crack down on refugees protesting violence, harassment
Security forces used batons and water cannons to disperse a protest by refugees in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 6th of October City on Sunday, according to several eyewitnesses. Police arrested a number of protesters and confiscated phones from several others to prevent any pictures …
Read More »Egypt’s immigration, endowments ministries cooperate in fight against illegal immigration
As a part of the Survival Ships initiative that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had launched to combat illegal immigration in December 2019, Minister of Immigration and Egyptian Expatriate Affairs Nabila Makram and Minister for Religious Endowments Mokhtar Gomaa signed a cooperation protocol Oct. 26. The protocol is designed to …
Read More »Egypt cracks down on Syrian businesses allegedly tied to Brotherhood
The Egyptian government has begun taking measures to monitor the commercial activity of Syrians in Egypt out of fear that some businesses are being used to fund the Muslim Brotherhood. The measures include not approving any commercial activity for Syrian nationals except with permission from the security authorities, as well as monitoring Syrian account …
Read More »Egypt’s organ traffickers buy kidneys from refugees in exchange for passage to Europe
A BBC investigation has shed light on Egypt’s organ trafficking trade. One organ trafficker they spoke to said his gang arranges between 20 to 30 illegal transplants a week.
Read More »Egypt to stop issuing commercial permits to ‘successful’ Syrians citing ‘Muslim Brotherhood, Qatar’ as reason
Egypt‘s Minister of Local Development, Mahmoud Sharawi, sent an internal circular to all governors and deputies in the country, demanding a halt to new licenses for shops owned by Syrians, according to The New Arab’s Arabic language service.
Read More »Ethiopian refugees caught in middle of Nile dam row between Cairo, Addis Ababa
Abdel Meguid al-Karki, an Ethiopian refugee in his mid-30s, has learned the importance of concealing his identity the hard way.
Read More »Refugees in Egypt: ‘Hunger at home, coronavirus on the streets’
Hanan Adam arrived in Egypt as a refugee from Sudan five years ago. The 39-year-old lives with her seven children in 6th of October City and used to find work as a day laborer in various factories producing refrigerators and light bulbs before they started laying off Sudanese workers, she …
Read More »Egypt’s authorities arrest 86 illegal immigrants in Giza, Aswan
Egypt’s Ministry of Interior has arrested 86 illegal immigrants in Giza and Aswan, according to a Wednesday statement. It was added that the ministry received information about a number of illegal immigrants in Giza coming from several countries.
Read More »Egypt court jails ex- Italian diplomat for ‘smuggling thousands of artefacts’
A Cairo criminal court sentenced a former honorary Italian consul to 15 years in jail in absentia on Tuesday for smuggling antiquities out of the country, a judicial source said.
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