A regional
inter-state meeting was held in Cairo last week in order to advance cooperation
among Egypt, Tunisia and Libya in addressing the challenges and opportunities
of migration governance. The meeting was held by the International Organization
for Migration within the scope of its ongoing EU-funded project on “Stabilizing
at-risk communities and enhancing migration management to enable smooth
transitions in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya” (START).
The two-day
interstate meeting, which took place at the Ministry of Manpower and
Emigration, was hosted by the Egyptian Minister of Manpower and Emigration
(MoME), Dr. Nahed Hassan Ashry, and was attended by delegations of high-ranking
officials from Libya, Tunisia and Egypt.
The main
objective of START is to support the governments of Egypt, Tunisia and Libya to
stabilize at-risk communities and enhance migration management – helping to
establish preconditions to smooth transition processes and sustainable
recoveries in the three target countries.
