Photo: Egyptian Foreign Ministry
These efforts, the ministry's statement noted, align with Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty's directives to secure the return of Egyptians detained abroad.
Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs Haddad Abdel Tawab El-Gohary stated that since the beginning of this year, 1,132 Egyptian citizens have been repatriated from Tripoli and western Libya, and more than 1,500 returned from Benghazi and eastern Libya.
The ministry urged citizens to adhere strictly to legal and official procedures when travelling to neighbouring countries and to avoid falling prey to illegal migration networks, which endanger lives and expose individuals to serious risks.
The repatriation comes amid challenging security conditions in Tripoli.
In July, Libyan authorities detained around 1,500 undocumented migrant workers of various nationalities in a raid on a neighbourhood housing them east of Tripoli. These workers had no residency permits, no official passports, and no health records, AFP reported.
Hundreds of migrants, mostly Egyptians and people from sub-Saharan Africa, were said to have lived there.
Since the 2011 uprising that overthrew longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi, Libya has been facing persistent instability, remaining deeply divided between a UN-recognised government in the west and a rival administration in the east.
Although recent years have seen moments of relative calm, violent clashes between the rival armed groups continue to erupt periodically, fueled by power struggles and territorial disputes.
In May, tensions resurfaced in Tripoli, prompting the Egyptian Foreign Ministry to set up an operations room to monitor developments and support citizens on the ground.
Egypt has repeatedly reaffirmed its firm stance on the Libyan crisis, calling for the withdrawal of mercenaries and stressing that a Libyan-led political solution remains the only viable path to ending the conflict and achieving lasting security and stability.
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