Egypt and Libya announced launched on Sunday an electronic link system that will allow Egyptian workers willing to work in Libya to apply for jobs and travel to the Arab country this week.
The Egyptian Ministry of Manpower will be the only entity in charge of transferring Egyptian workers to Libya through the electronic linkage system, a statement by the ministry said.
The remarks were made during a meeting for the Egyptian-Libyan Technical Committee between Egypt’s Minister of Manpower Mohamed Saafan and his Libyan counterpart, Ali Al-Abed, in Cairo.
The committee seeks to coordinate the return of Egyptian labor to Libya to participate in the reconstruction of the Arab country, the ministry said.
The Libyan side will receive job applications in the required specialties through the electronic linkage system, according to the statement.
The system seeks to save time and effort for Libyan companies willing to bring in Egyptian workers through the Egyptian ministry without any brokers or mediators.
“This provides the necessary protection for Egyptian labor from falling into the clutches of fraud from fictitious companies, especially since most of Egyptian labor is ready to return to work on Libyan lands,” the ministry said.
Companies operating in Libya are looking for thousands of skilled Egyptian workers, Al-Abed, the Libyan labor and rehabilitation minister said.
Source: Al-Ahram Online
