It is not enough that the economic situation in Egypt is bad and the foreign currency balances in the state treasury are completely empty. Now Libya has decided to deport thousands of illegal migrant workers who came from Egypt to look for work in the oil industry in Libya and send the money to their families, which helps to fill somewhat Egypt's foreign currency coffers.
An Egyptian security source in eastern Libya said that the forces ruling eastern Libya in recent days expelled thousands of Egyptians staying in the country illegally, and forced them to move to Egypt on foot across the land border between the two countries.
The Libyan security source said that the forces during raids on people smugglers, and following an exchange of fire between the security forces and the smugglers, found 4,000 immigrants on their way to the border.
Local Libyan newspapers reported that the Joint Security Force in the Amsad region began returning hundreds of illegal Egyptian immigrants to their country on Thursday.
Immigration agencies say Libya has about half a million migrants, many of whom hope to cross to Europe by boat, while others settle in Libya in search of work in the oil-rich country.