The Director General of the General Department for Planning and Follow-up of Illegal Immigration at the Ministry of Immigration and Egyptians Abroad Affairs Wael Farraj warned that only three percent of people that illegally immigrate through the sea survive the trip. Farraj warned that illegal immigration brokers deceive young people, and fail to show them the dark side of the journey. Egypt has been working with the EU on battling illegal immigration. In 2017, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met with EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs, and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos to work on ways to enhance cooperation between them in battling illegal immigration. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in 2020 that the rate of illegal immigration from Egypt to Europe has decreased to almost zero, thanks to effective measures taken by the Egyptian government.

Source: Egypt Independent August 31, 2021 12:22 UTC