国际英语资讯:Interview: Egypt on right path in fighting illegal immigration: Egyptian official_时事

国际英语资讯:Interview: Egypt on right path in fighting illegal immigration: Egyptian official

The law includes a definition of the crime of people-smuggling and various related elements such as smugglers, unaccompanied children, fraudulent travel documents, the types of ship involved and the territorial waters where it occurs.

"A copy of the law has been sent to the African Union as a model to be followed by African countries," Gabr added.

She said that the NCCPIM has set a national strategy to combat illegal immigration in Egypt.

"The first step was to develop a statistical map of the Egyptian governorates with the highest rate of people vulnerable to the risk of illegal migration," she said, adding that such information would place the NCCPIM in a better position to carry out its duties in curtailing the flow of illegal migrants, and targeting both communities at risk and smugglers.

To achieve this purpose, she said, the Committee finalized two field studies on the youth and unaccompanied children under the age of 18.

"They identified the different forms of illegal migration, the driving factors and the demographic characteristics of the Egyptian youth and children migrating illegally," she added.

"Our efforts culminated in the development of the first national strategy (2016-2026) that was agreed upon by all national stakeholders and integrates all economic, societal, political and cultural dimensions of the problem, thus providing solid foundation for a multi-dimensional response to the phenomenon," she revealed.