The Minister of State for Immigration and Egyptians Affairs Abroad, Ambassador Nabila Makramak, announced that the imposition of a quarantine on all returnees has been approved for a period of 14 days in the places provided by the state for returnees, explaining that those places were specially prepared for the quarantine of Egyptians returning from abroad according to high medical requirements that can maintain Safety of return from abroad.
She added in statements published by the official page of the Ministry on the social networking site "Facebook", today, Wednesday: "With the development of the global situation of the spread of the Corona virus, some developments have taken place, represented in the high numbers of people wishing to return from different and varied segments, which prompted the state to supply university cities and youth cities. To receive returning Egyptians who are unable to bear the cost of quarantine in stone hotels, provided that the state bears the full cost of stone for those who are unable in these places. "
She added that with the outbreak of the Coronavirus virus outbreak, many requests began arriving at the Ministry of Immigration from Egyptians abroad demanding to return to the homeland, and she said: "In response to these requests, a process room was formed to follow up and monitor all these requests and inquiries, and inform them about them around the clock, To report it to the Prime Minister. "
The Minister indicated that the Prime Minister, based on the reports received by him, decided to form a committee with the membership of the ministries of Health, Aviation, Solidarity, Higher Education, Immigration and Foreign Affairs under the umbrella of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, to discuss how best to return Egyptians abroad, noting that all the requests that were monitored by dumping operations The ministry was reviewed in front of the committee that decided at the beginning of the crisis to operate planes to return those stranded abroad, and the stuck is the citizen who traveled abroad for the purpose of visiting or receiving treatment or to attend a cultural or scientific conference.
The minister added that the Egyptian embassies and consulates monitored and collected the data of the Egyptians stranded abroad, and sent them to the committee to work on them and set a plan to return them, including coordination with other countries to allow the operation of planes to return them, in addition to identifying suitable places of isolation for them, and the availability of medical staff to follow them, pointing out that The Ministry during this crisis spotted electronic brigades seeking to undermine the confidence of the Egyptian citizen in his country through escalation on social media, taking advantage of the work of the committee taking some time for a good preparation to receive and return the people of the country abroad.
On the crisis of the Egyptians stranded in the State of Kuwait, the Minister confirmed that she submitted a report containing the demands of the Egyptian citizens of Kuwait from the violators of residency to the Prime Minister, who issued a decision to add those whose residency ended and violators of residency and humanitarian cases to the stranded, stressing that there are huge efforts and coordination within the state and with the authorities in The State of Kuwait, where the plan to repatriate about 5 thousand and 300 Egyptian citizens in Kuwait began, where the first two planes of violators of residence in Kuwait were arrived yesterday and went directly to the places of isolation.