EU President Ursula von der Leyen, and the leaders of Italy, Greece, and Belgium, are heading to Egypt this weekend with the aim of replicating agreements to those already established with Tunisia, Mauritania, and other nations, to control the influx of irregular migrants.
This initiative is being reinforced as the European Union prepares for June elections for its Parliament that surveys predict will see a surge in support for far-right, anti-immigration parties.
Egypt hosts around nine million migrants and refugees, according to the UN migration agency IOM.
Drastic funding cuts at the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), triggered by the Trump administration, have halted critical health programs
Egypt is in advanced negotiations with South Korea to buy up to 100 FA-50 light attack aircraft, Egyptian Ambassador to
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed mediation efforts aimed at restoring regional calm and
As Sudan’s two-year conflict nears a possible end, Egypt is preparing to play a major role in rebuilding its
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