EGP 33 mn British-Egyptian anti-migration program launches

The EGP 33 mn joint British-Egyptian program to battle illegal migration, funded by the UK government, was launched on Thursday, Al Borsa reports. The program “seeks to tackle both the root causes and facilitators of irregular migration” by supporting Egypt’s vision for combating the issue, British ambassador to Egypt John Casson said at the launch. The British-Egyptian program comes one week after EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said a Turkey-style agreement providing the Ismail government incentives to stem the flow of illegal migrants to the European Union, which Austria and Germany have since last fall promoted, is not on the table.