The “Salloum-Asa’id” border crossing between Egypt and Libya saw the return of around 4,000 illegal immigrants from Libya to Egypt. There was disagreement over the number of Egyptians among them, between two thousand or more, and the rest from sub-Saharan Africa.
According to an Egyptian security source who confirmed this passage, they are “victims of smugglers involved in illegal immigration operations, and some of them do not carry official papers”.
Since May 30, the Libyan army has carried out raids on criminal hideouts in the town of Amsaed, during which it found warehouses in which were held Egyptian smugglers wishing to emigrate, who were expelled from the premises and then transferred to the Egyptian border, according to the sources.
A phenomenon that disturbs the two countries
According to the statements of the Director General of Egyptian Customs, Saleh Abdel-Qawy:
Many of these immigrants left Egypt “in good faith”; Looking for work, but followed illegal ways. Others “have a criminal record and a criminal record” and are wanted. Illegal immigration is a worrying security phenomenon on Western borders. The latest incident represents only a “simple sample” of migrants arrested by the Libyan side, also in difficulty in this case. Due to the development of smugglers’ abilities to hide migrants and restrict their movements in order to blackmail them and commit crimes against them. For the large number of transients, their nationality must be verified; Due to the presence of many people from sub-Saharan countries, and ensuring that there is no security breach due to the large number.
Sedition Warning
Mohamed Hassan, director of the Media Center for Human Rights, said the Egyptian Foreign Ministry had warned in several statements against all travel to Libya except through official channels. At the same time, the Libyan authorities have the right to deport those who enter their territory illegally, but through procedures that respect the conditions of the deportees. To avoid conflict between the two states, to put it mildly. Hassan stresses in this respect that “the way in which the incident was brought to light raises fears of the presence of a party seeking to provoke a crisis between the two States, but also between the two peoples”. He advised those who want to travel to Libya to adhere to official methods, so as not to fall into the trap of smugglers who manipulate the dreams of young people seeking wealth in any way, and at the same time, “appropriate and decent”. procedures must be respected in eviction operations.”
A journey full of disappointments
The journey of illegal immigration begins from Egypt with smugglers who make their victims believe that they are able to deliver them to Italy via boats departing from the Libyan coast. Low-income individuals sell their properties to provide large sums of money to smugglers to fulfill their dream of emigration, says an Egyptian citizen who has experienced this type of migration. After a difficult journey in the desert and crossing rough paths, the young men arrive at the smugglers’ assembly areas on the Libyan side, where it becomes clear to them the vision there, namely that they have been victims of the gang fraud. These gangs, at the time, assaulted them and used methods of intimidation and intimidation. so they can redeem themselves. Detainees are exposed to the theft of their money and other property, and even their passports are confiscated at gunpoint, and some of them are allowed to contact their families to ask for a “ransom” in exchange for their release and taking up their official duties. papers. About half a million immigrants in Libya of several nationalities, some of whom aim to cross to Europe, and others who settle in search of work. According to the Italian authorities and the international organizations concerned by this file, the number of migrants entering Europe has increased sharply this year.
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