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Egypt’s Minister of Manpower Mohamed Saafan announced the launch of a National initiative to support 50,000 small-scale fishermen Nationwide. “The fishermen will be covered under the health and social protection umbrella”, a cabinet statement read on Saturday.
“The initiative, dubbed ‘Egypt’s Fishermen’, is open to contribution by all state institutions, to provide care to fishermen, whose job is irregular and unstable by nature”, Saafan said.
The Minster examined the living conditions of fishermen in the Red Sea governorate. Estimates show that there around 5,000 registered fishermen at eight organisations in the governorate.
Saafan said he issued immediate directives to the ministry’s directorate in the Red Sea to complete the registration of fishermen. This is in preparation for providing them with accident insurance which covers incidents of death and total or partial disability as a result of an accident.
The initiative considers fishermen ‘irregular workers’ who deserve further social and financial support from the state.
The Egyptian government has been providing financial assistance to irregular workers since the pandemic hit the country in mid-February.
