DUBAI: Around 1,485 Egyptians have been stranded in countries across the Middle East, after a series of flight suspensions over the past days, local daily Ahram Online has reported.
The stranded Egyptians have been submitting online applications for support from their home country, the country’s Emigration and Egyptian Expatriate Affairs Minister Nabila Makram said.
The applications were mostly coming from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Turkey, she added.
Makram said she is following up with stranded nationals and providing them with support, including if they want to return to Egypt.
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman announced on Monday that they were suspending flights after a more infections coronavirus strain was reported in Britain.
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Egyptians stuck abroad after Gulf countries suspend flights
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Egyptians stuck abroad after Gulf countries suspend flights
- The stranded Egyptians have been submitting online applications for support from their home country
- The applications were mostly coming from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Turkey
Israel aims to bring ‘permanent demographic change’ to West Bank, Gaza: UN
GENEVA: Israel’s actions in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip seem aimed at creating “permanent demographic change,” UN rights chief Volker Turk said on Thursday.
“Taken together, Israel’s actions appear aimed at making a permanent demographic change in Gaza and the West Bank, raising concerns about ethnic cleansing,” Turk said in a speech before the UN’s Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Turk pointed in particular to an ongoing, year-long Israeli military operation in the West Bank’s north that has caused the displacement of 32,000 Palestinians.
“Taken together, Israel’s actions appear aimed at making a permanent demographic change in Gaza and the West Bank, raising concerns about ethnic cleansing,” Turk said in a speech before the UN’s Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Turk pointed in particular to an ongoing, year-long Israeli military operation in the West Bank’s north that has caused the displacement of 32,000 Palestinians.
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