Maat issues a new paper entitled "Illegal migration from the perspective of human trafficking ... Towards mechanisms to curb the phenomenon."
The paper recommends that the Council of Ministers formulate a national project to develop youth professions and demands that the Committee to Combat Illegal Immigration be transformed into a permanent independent body
The “Public Policy Analysis and Human Rights Unit” of Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights issued a new policy analysis paper entitled “Illegal migration from the perspective of human trafficking ... Towards mechanisms to reduce the phenomenon.” This paper comes within the framework of the unit’s interest in the recommendations that were made to Egypt in In light of the universal periodic review and the Egyptian government's position on the recommendations and in light of the institution’s implementation of the “Universal Periodic Review as a tool for improving public policies during the transitional phase,” funded by the European Union during 2016-2017, as the Foundation focused on shedding light on this issue through a paper that clarifies the most important problems. The phenomenon of illegal immigration from the perspective of human trafficking in order to reduce this phenomenon.
The paper dealt with the issue in several axes, where it talked in the first axis about illegal immigration in terms of concept, shapes and dimensions, then moved to present in the second axis the legal view of illegal immigration and human trafficking, while in the third axis it focused on talking about illegal immigration in Egypt with a view It included the history of the phenomenon, its causes, and its constitutional, legal and juridical framework, and presented the most important recommendations that were made to Egypt in this regard, and in its last axis, the paper presented some solutions and recommendations on the level of developing legislation and institutional mechanisms and designing awareness-raising programs and the role of civil society in order to reduce the phenomenon
The paper concluded with a set of recommendations, the most important of which is that the Council of Ministers work to formulate a national project aimed at developing and developing the capabilities of young people in the field of various trades with the aim of creating new job opportunities in the field of micro-enterprises to motivate young people not to resort to immigration, especially illegal immigrants, or to provide them with the required skills To the foreign labor market and then enable them to travel in a legal and organized manner.
The paper also called for transforming the National Committee for Combating Illegal Migration into a permanent institutional body, provided that it open channels of communication with the public through social media channels with the aim of raising awareness of the dangers of illegal immigration.
In the same context, the paper called on the media to include the issue of illegal immigration on his map in a larger way, through a comprehensive media treatment of this file by reviewing the reasons that drive it while refuting these reasons, and reviewing the dangers to which the immigrant is exposed, which youth may sometimes underestimate. Presenting the alternatives and opportunities available in Egypt to improve the standard of living and income, enhance the spirit of belonging and respect for work among young people, present the successful experiences of young people who were able to achieve their dreams in Egypt or even abroad, but through legal methods, in a dramatic and cinematic form that attracts the audience.
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