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150,000 Egyptians dismissed in UAE

Written by Egypt News Sunday, 22 March 2009 Some Egyptians working in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have said that the number of Egyptians fired in the UAE has reached around 150,000 workers, stressing that this figure could double over the coming days

The Egyptian Club held a meeting in Dubai on Saturday night in which they hosted Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs, Ambassador Ahmed Rizk

They demanded at the meeting that the current crisis be regarded as an exceptional case and that the dismissed Egyptians be allowed taking back their furniture and cars to Egypt with no customs fees.
In response, Rizk said that he would discuss this issue with the Ministry of Finance, saying he hoped the UAE would meet their request.
Nevertheless, he said the current economic conditions in the country did not allow any exemptions on cars, pointing out that the Egyptian Ministry for Foreign Affairs was following up on the issue through the consulates.

During the meeting, Rizk said a new phenomenon was spreading which he described as painful and degrading, as some Egyptians started begging in Sudan while Egyptian girls carried out indecent actions.
He also pointed out that this phenomenon had annoyed Sudan and embarrassed Egypt while affecting the Egyptians' dignity.

He said “there is cooperation between the ministries of foreign affairs, interior and manpower to curb this phenomenon and other negative phenomena associated with Egyptians living abroad”
He also pointed out that some people still believed that traveling meant going to live like in Heaven.



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