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· The number of Egyptians who gained immigrant status declined by 47.4% from 350 in 2019 to 184 in 2020 due to the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic
· This is the finding of a report by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), which was released recently
· Egypt granted immigration approvals to 153 main I persons and 31 accompanied ones
· The US ranked first in terms of the people who gained approval for immigration with 65 people, representing 35.3% of total number
· The vast majority of Egyptians who gained immigrant status were males numbering159 at 86.4% compared to only 25 female immigrants
The number of Egyptians who gained immigrant status declined by 47.4% from 350 in 2019 to 184 in 2020 due to the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic. This is the finding of a report by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), which was released recently.
Egypt granted immigration approvals to 153 main I persons and 31 accompanied ones. The US ranked first in terms of the people who gained approval for immigration with 65 people, representing 35.3% of total number. The vast majority of Egyptians who gained immigrant status were males numbering159 at 86.4% compared to only 25 female immigrants.
The number of well-educated immigrants was at 79 constituting 46.2 percent. Immigrants aged from 35 to 39 years old were high among Egyptian immigrants percentage, reaching 41 people and accounting for 22.3% of the migrants. On the other hand the number of Egyptians who gained foreign nationalities reached 2,611 in 2020, compared to 2,616 in 2019, registering a marginal decline.
