EGYPT

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EGYPT
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About Egypt

• Population 73.37 Million
• Area 1,001,993 sq. km.
• Official Language Arabic
• Religion 94 Sunni Muslim
• Exchange Rate 1 US 5.90 Egyptian Pounds
• Head of State President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak
  (1981)

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To Obtain Permanent Citizenship

• The most simple way
• first, obtain tourist visa (most people live
  happily on this alone)
• then apply for work permit
• last, apply for residents permit (if denied, you
  cannot obtain the reason, there is no appeal, and
  you will be asked to leave the country)

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Egyptian Migration Facts

• 1.5 of the 175 million migrants of the world in
  the 21st century are Egyptian
• Temporary Migration is the dominant type.
• Nearly 50 of temporary migrants go to Saudi
  Arabia
• Permanent Migrants mainly go to USA, Canada,
  Australia, and Western Europe
• Gender of Egyptian Migrants is 71.8 male and
  28.2 female

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Top Five Recipients of Egypt Migrants and Why
Egyptians Migrate There

• Saudi Arabia Economics and Family
• Iraq Agricultural
• Kuwait Demand for Skilled Workers
• Libya Oil Industry
• Jordan Demand for Unskilled Laborers

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• Percentage Distribution of Egyptian Migrants
  by Receiving Countries

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Per Capita Purchasing Power Parity
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Migration Does not solve Unemployment Problems

• Saudi Arabia Unemployment Rate 25
• Iraq Unemployment Rate 73
• Kuwait Unemployment Rate 2.1
• Libya Unemployment Rate 30
• Jordan Unemployment Rate 25-30

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Remittances of Egyptians Working Abroad by
Fiscal Year in U.S. dollars (million)
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• Remittances of Egyptians Working Abroad by
  Country in U.S. Dollars (million)

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Education Level of Egyptian Migrants and
Non-Migrants
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Why Do Egyptian Migrants Leave Home

• 1960s
• Student Professional Egyptians migrate out for
  the technological jobs in Europe in small numbers
• 1970s
• Many more Egyptians left for the rich oil
  producing states. These waves of migration
  directly followed the 1973 and 1975 booms in oil
  prices

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Continued

• Late 1980s
• Egyptians migrated to Saudi Arabia because of
  high competition for unskilled workers within
  Egypt.
• Into the 1990s
• High demand for both skilled (scientists) and
  unskilled (agricultural workers) in other
  countries drew many Egyptians workers away from
  Egypt.

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Reasons for Migration
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Occupation of Egyptian Migrants in Arab
Countries ()
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