London, 17 March 2021:
The Second Scientific Conference for Non-Oil Exports started in Tripoli yesterday and will end today. The event is organized by the Libyan Export Promotion Centre (LEPC).
The aim of the conference is:
Establishing the current position of Libya’s non-oil exports and their possible horizons
Exploring barriers to Libya’s non-oil exports and possible solutions to them
Exploring experiences of other states in increasing their non-oil exports
Proposals of mechanisms and programmes of work to help develop non-oil exports
The conference is hosting several researchers, exporters and business leaders to discuss research papers on the reality of the country’s non-oil exports and the possibility of their development.
OIM: la COVID-19 lleva a una disminución del 73 por ciento en la migración desde el Cuerno de África a los Países del Golfo iom.int - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iom.int Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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– New data published by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) this week confirms a nearly three-fourths decline in migration from the East and Horn of Africa regions towards Gulf Council Countries during 2020.
At the Second Scientific Conference on Migration and Displacement conference IOM organized herewith the eight-nation Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ), a new study noted that COVID-19 led to a 73 per cent drop in migrants from the Horn of Africa travelling to the Gulf countries through Yemen.
These findings are significant, especially because African migration through Yemen to the Gulf of Arabia has been high for the past four years-despite security risks in Yemen, which migrants from the region must cross to reach the Kingdom Saudi Arabia and beyond. Despite reduced arrivals in 2020-due in part to COVID-19 related restrictions-risks increased with more detention, exploitation a