Govt repatriates woman facing difficulties in Egypt to homeland

As the national government takes care of the Myanmar citizens who are abroad if they face any difficulties, regardless of what kind of situation the citizens encounter, the Myanmar Embassy and the Consulate-General of Myanmar contacts the embassies of the relevant countries to make arrangements so that the Myanmar citizens can return to their motherland in peace and safety as soon as possible.
In order to return Ma Aye Thiri Moe, a Myanmar citizen who is facing difficulties in Egypt, to her mother country as soon as possible, the Myanmar Embassy in Cairo assisted the Egyptian Ministry of Interior and the Immigration Department by paying the specified fines for her illegal stay and applying for a valid visa.
Officials were able to bring Ma Aye Thiri Moe back to Myanmar. She left Cairo, Egypt, by air at 7:50 pm local time on 22 July and arrived back in Yangon at 6 pm Myanmar Standard Time on 23 July.
Ma Aye Thiri Moe arrived in Dubai in September 2023 with the help of an agent to work. She lived in a room without a job for about 20 days. The agent told her that she could not find a job in Dubai and would only get a job if she went to Egypt and would get a salary of $350.
If she did not go to Egypt, she would be sent to Saudi Arabia, so she decided to work in Egypt. She arrived in Egypt in October 2023 and worked in a house for seven months, not getting full pay and working long hours, so she ran away in the third week of May, 2024.
Her employer kept her passport. She did not know her home address, and the Dubai agent cut off contact as well, so she wanted to return to her motherland as soon as possible due to many difficulties. Thus, she contacted the Myanmar Embassy in Cairo, and the Myanmar Embassy arranged for documents to send her back to her mother country, and she was allowed to return to Myanmar. She arrived back in Yangon yesterday evening.
“I live in Meiktila. I am 24 years old. I went to the Myanmar embassy when I was in a lot of trouble in Egypt. Thank you to the ambassador and officials at the embassy for helping me with everything – respect from here. I want to say that Myanmar citizens should not go abroad illegally. I want to tell everyone only to do the work that is allowed by the state. I want to express my special thanks to all the heads and officials of the state,” Ma Aye Thiri Moe expressed.
The Myanmar Embassy and the Consulate-General of Myanmar are assisting Myanmar nationals who are facing difficulties in the Middle East in returning to their mother country.
Myanmar brokers are not responsible for solving problems with the employer while Myanmar citizens are working in these countries. Foreign employment agencies and employers often keep the passports of the Myanmar workers, and brokers frequently hand them over to the agency offices.
The Myanmar Anti-Trafficking Police does not send Myanmar nationals to Middle Eastren countries to work legally under the bilateral agreement. Unfortunately, Myanmar women are being tricked by illegal employment agencies to work as domestic workers in these countries.
If Myanmar workers go to these countries to work illegally, they will be prosecuted according to the relevant country’s laws and regulations and may encounter other unexpected dangers and human trafficking situations.
If Myanmar nationals arrive in places where there is no Myanmar embassy, ​​it may be difficult to get help. Thus, those who are going to the Middle Eastern countries need to learn about the real situation of the region they are going to, the officials have advised.
The national government was able to bring Myanmar citizens who encountered difficulties while working abroad back to their mother country with the coordination and assistance of the Myanmar Embassy. — Nyein Thu (MNA)/KZL