Forum to be held Monday on launching strategy to confront illegal migration

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Head of the National Coordinating Committee on Combating and Preventing Illegal Migration Naela Gabr said that a forum will be held Monday on launching a national strategy for combating and preventing illegal migration (2016-2026).

The work plan (2016-2018) for the strategy will also be discussed at the forum that will be held at Sofitel Cairo Nile El Gezirah, in Cairo's Zamalek district.

In a statement on Wednesday, Gabr noted that the forum comes in accordance with the resolution adopted by the National Coordinating Committee on Combating and Preventing Illegal Migration, which stipulates that a national work plan has to be formulated in order to confront illegal migration.

Source: MENA