Egyptian authorities decided to deport the Syrians who ended their residence visa as it rejects the renewal of any residence visas, Head of the Legal Committee of the Coalition told Zaman Alwasl.
Haitham Maleh said that these procedures are
the first remuneration received by the new Egyptian regime, calling on the Arab
states to mediate in the Syrian situation in Egypt.
Egyptian authorities
had canceled too the previous resolution to treat Syrian students, as if they
are Egyptian students according to education conditions in schools, and they
prevented syrian student from registering in the Egyptian schools,.
The new procedure came days after requiring Syrians
to apply for a visa, after the authorities in Cairo issued a new rule amid
soaring unrest in the country, consulate staff in Beirut told AFP on Tuesday.
"There is a decision from Cairo
that any Syrian travelling to Egypt must apply for a visa at the Egyptian
embassy," a staff member at the Egyptian consulate in Beirut said.
"A decision will be made some 10
to 15 days after the traveller has made his visa application," he said,
adding that the decision was applicable starting Monday.
Egypt's foreign ministry spokesman
Badr Abdelatty confirmed the change, citing unrest in his country as the reason
behind the decision.
"Because of the current interim
situation (in Egypt) Syrians are welcome but they have to get an entry visa.
It's only for a transitional period due to the current situation,"
Abdelatty told reporters in Cairo.
The UN says nearly 90,000 Syrians have
registered with the High Commissioner for Refugees in Egypt.
But the actual number of Syrians who
have sought refuge in Egypt is believed to be much higher, in part because the
country did not require Syrians to have visas until this week.
Staff at Lebanon's Middle East
Airlines confirmed the change.
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