Because of the deaths of many Egyptian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia this yr who didn’t get hold of permission to carry out Hajj, the Egyptian authorities introduced that it had revoked the licenses of 16 tourism corporations.
A cupboard assertion on Saturday mentioned: “Initially 16 tourism corporations have been put below surveillance for deceiving and irregularly deporting pilgrims and failing to supply any providers to the pilgrims.”
“The prime minister is directed to swiftly revoke the licenses of those corporations, refer these accountable to the general public prosecution and impose fines on these corporations for the advantage of the households of the pilgrims answerable for the deaths,” the assertion added.
Final Tuesday, two Arab diplomats reported that at the least 323 Egyptian pilgrims had died throughout the hajj in Mecca, most from the warmth.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a directive on June 20 to ascertain a disaster staff led by Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly to trace and take care of the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Egyptian pilgrims.
On the identical day, Madbouly introduced the institution of a working group to comply with up and take care of the disaster of pilgrim deaths in Egypt.
