An urgent statement from the Minister of Immigration on travel by Egyptians traveling to Kuwait

Ambassador Nabila Makram, Minister of State for Immigration and Egyptians Abroad, announced the scheduling of flights for Egyptians traveling to the State of Kuwait, following the reopening of the Kuwaiti airlines on January 2, as decided by the Kuwaiti authorities.

This comes as a continuation of the work of the Operations Room of the Ministry of Immigration in monitoring Egyptians stranded in the UAE during their return to the State of Kuwait, following the suspension of Kuwait’s air traffic, and communication and coordination between the Ministry of Immigration and the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

The Immigration Minister revealed that new travel dates have been set for the State of Kuwait for Egyptians stranded in the Emirates, noting that companies have notified more than 1,500 stranded Egyptians of their new travel dates.

Ambassador Nabila Makram confirmed that the schedule of new appointments for Egyptians stranded in the Emirates will be published, and those who do not find their trip on the schedule should contact the hotline designated by the Ministry of Tourism to receive inquiries and complaints from the Egyptians stranded, and work to resolve them with the tourism companies through the number «19654», and informs His name is “triple”, and the official of the company in which he was hired, his passport number and his old date of travel, and work will be done to establish a new travel date.

For his part, Dr. Khaled Al-Anani, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, said that there is a national role for companies to facilitate procedures for Egyptians stranded abroad, solve any problem until the end of the crisis, and coordinate regarding the evacuation schedule or travel dates, praising the coordination efforts between the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and the Ministry of Immigration and Affairs. Egyptians abroad, to communicate between companies and facilitate the Egyptians stranded on their way to Kuwait.

In the same context, the Minister of Immigration called on the stranded Egyptians to understand the nature of the exceptional circumstances the world is going through, to cooperate to overcome this emergency crisis and to respect the laws and regulations applied in the host countries , until the airspace is reopened.

For his part, Major General Mazen Fahmy, Deputy Minister of Immigration and Egyptian Affairs Abroad, explained that the rescheduling of the trips occurred after coordinating the efforts of the Ministry of Immigration and the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, in implementation from the directives of Ambassador Nabila Makram, Minister of Immigration and Dr. Khaled Al-Anani, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities of Stranded Egyptians, to address the problems of stranded Egyptians. The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities for the travel companies of Egyptians abroad, whose names are mentioned in the complaints of citizens abroad, in order to organize that these companies take charge of the transport and regulation of the travel by stranded in the United Arab Emirates who have a valid residence in the State of Kuwait.

Yesterday, the Deputy Minister of Immigration for Community Affairs received Dr. Magdy Shalaby, head of the sector of tourism companies and tour guides in the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, to coordinate efforts to solve the problems of the stranded Egyptians and address to the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities to Egyptian travel companies abroad, to modify their trips and schedule them after the reopening of Kuwaiti aviation.

The beginning goes back to the brother State of Kuwait when announcing the reopening of its doors again to those who approach it, scheduled for January 2, 2021, where the ministry triumphed, with the help and strenuous effort of the “Misr Foundation El-Khair “,” Banque Misr “, Emirati and Egyptian businessmen, and with the support of Dr. Abbas Al-Sadat, Member of Parliament. With the authority of Egyptians abroad and with the organization and efforts of Professor Mina Zahir, a lawyer from the United Arab Emirates, to accommodate hundreds of stranded people.