Egypt - The Government of Egypt launched a new “National Strategy on Combating Illegal Migration” for 2016-2026 under the auspices of the Prime Minister with IOM’s support.

Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Waly opened the launch event on behalf of the Prime Minister commending the work of the National Committee for Combating and Preventing Illegal Migration (NCCPIM) in laying the necessary foundation for a comprehensive national policy on addressing irregular migration that paved the way for the launch of the Strategy.

The 2016-2036 Strategy provides the overall institutional framework for the Egyptian government to counter the smuggling of migrants and to ensure the protection of vulnerable migrants in Egypt.

It includes an Action Plan for implementation over the next two years, as well as monitoring tools based on objectively verifiable key performance indicators; the Action Plan will be updated bi-annually. The Strategy was developed under the lead of NCCPIM with technical support on strategic planning methods from IOM.

The Strategy is supported under a regional IOM project: “Addressing irregular migration flows and upholding human right of migrants along the North-Eastern African Migration Route and North Africa – NOAH”, funded by the US State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM).

For further information, please contact Heba Abdel Latif at IOM Egypt. Tel: +202-27365140, Email: iomegypt@iom.int