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Issue 59

September Zealand. I am the president of the Union
branch in Britain, and a member of the board
2023 of directors of the General Union of Egyptians
Abroad. Later, the Union entered the files of
Europe, America, and Canada, and we created
new branches for the Union and increased its
communication with Egyptians until it reached
the shape it is now. We are in strong contact
with Egyptians abroad, and we take care of
solving many problems through the Union. Of
course, we work with the Ministry of
Immigration and with Her Excellency
Ambassador Soha Gendi, Minister of
Immigration, who is a wonderful personality,
and her communication with Egyptians abroad
takes a personal, beautiful, and very honorable
This matter magnifies and enhances the role of
form. But some problems are not solved in the
the Union, which is the only union concerned
official way, where there must be
with the affairs of Egyptians abroad, and there
communication with people, especially in the
is no other union that is called the General
Gulf problems that involve a sponsor and
Union of Egyptians Abroad except our Union.
transfer of sponsorships and many
The Egyptians in the Arab countries have a
complications, which require experience from
noticeable commitment to this matter, but in
these countries to solve such problems. As for
Europe, anyone can establish any association or
Europe, America, and Australia, the person
any union and name it whatever they want,
usually obtains citizenship, which means that
which may not be legal. But our union is the
Egyptian institutions cannot intervene in his
only one registered in Egypt with the Ministry
affairs, because that is considered an
of Social Solidarity, and all our accounts,
intervention in the policies of the other state in
regulations, and files are followed by it.
one way or another.
Therefore, we are the legitimate means of
communication between Egyptians abroad and
Therefore, the intervention must be personal
Egypt. I do not doubt the other unions, but the
from the party who obtained the nationality
most they can offer to a person who has a
and has a strong relationship with the
problem is to solve it locally, but he cannot
government and the community of the
intervene in Egyptian politics or communicate
community in this country and with the
with Egypt in the way that the General Union
institutions that would solve the problem.
does.
Some wonder why the embassy or consulate
does not intervene in one problem or another, I will not pretend that everyone with us has
and the answer is simply that the owner of the one heart, because human nature is different
problem is considered a British or American by nature, and we may fight when our
citizen, and it is not correct for a state to successes are seen and problems appear, but I
intervene in the policy of another state, or for a am always convinced that good is always
consul to communicate as a representative of present and that good work always proves
the Egyptian person to the police or hospital or itself. And this is why the Union is established
the like to try to solve his problem, because and now has forty years.
either his residence may be threatened, and he
faces expenses and complications, or he is a Besides intervening to solve the problems facing
citizen of that country, and in that case, solving Egyptians abroad, what are the other roles that
3 the problem requires another citizen. the General Union of Egyptians Abroad plays?