FM: No irregular migrant boats set out from Egypt's coasts since 2016

FILE -In this Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019 file photo the sun pierces the clouds over international waters north of Libya in the Mediterranean Sea. Over a dozen migrants trying to reach Europe drowned in the Mediterranean Sea when their small dinghy capsized off the coast of Libya, the United Nations reported Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, the latest shipwreck to underscore the deadly risks facing those who flee the war-afflicted North African country. (AP Photo/Renata Brito, File)

CAIRO, April 9 (MENA) – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty said that no irregular migrant boats have set out from Egypt’s coasts since launch of migration strategy in 2016 attesting to Egypt’s strenuous efforts on this score.

Delivering a word at the opening session of the second ministerial conference of the Khartoum Process in Cairo on Wednesday, the foreign minister said, Egypt as a country of the South, continues to defend the importance of international cooperation, burden-sharing and promoting development in top sending countries of migrants to address the root causes of migration.

In his word, Abdelatty welcomed the participants in the conference, held in the New Administrative Capital. (MORE)