The Egyptian Embassy in Libya has successful returned 140 stranded Egyptian citizens, including 17 minors under the age of 18, to Cairo on Sunday after they had stayed for months in illegal immigration detention centers. It also cooperated with the International Organization for Migration to allocate a plane to transport the 140 Egyptian citizens to Cairo. A Foreign Ministry statement said that the returning Egyptians were gathered from more than one detention center for illegal immigration across Libya. The Foreign Ministry called on Egyptian citizens to be careful not to fall victim to criminal illegal immigration networks, which expose them to grave risks. The Egyptian embassy has further coordinated with the United Nations agencies and the International Organization for Migration to arrange rehabilitation programs for Egyptian citizens returning to Cairo to facilitate their economic and social reintegration.
