CAIRO – 16 June 2023: Egypt mourned -with great sadness- the victims of an overcrowded fishing boat carrying illegal migrants from Libya to Europe, announced the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement on Friday. Egypt extended its sincere condolences and sympathy to the families and relatives of the victims, the statement concluded. 82 of 2016 on combating illegal migration and the smuggling of migrants. Under the amendments, tougher penalties shall be imposed on whoever commits, initiates, or mediates in the crime of smuggling migrants. In a press conference held on the sidelines of the Visegrad Group (V4) summit in Budapest, Hungary, in October 2021, President Sisi said that his country will never to be a transit point for illegal migrants who eying Europe.

Source: Libya Today June 16, 2023 15:39 UTC