Al-Jazeera journalist requests deportation

The family of a Canadian-Egyptian Al-Jazeera journalist imprisoned in Egypt with Australian Peter Greste have requested his deportation.

Baher Mohamed, left, Mohammed Fahmy, center, and correspondent Peter Greste, right, appear in court along with several other defendants during their trial on terror charges, in Cairo, Egypt in 2014. (AAP)

The family of a Canadian-Egyptian Al-Jazeera journalist imprisoned in Egypt alongside Australian Peter Greste, says they have requested his deportation.

In a statement released on Tuesday, the family said they were told by a senior official the deportation process is in its "final stages".

Three Al-Jazeera English journalists - Greste, Canadian-Egyptian Mohammed Fahmy, and Egyptian Baher Mohammed - have been held for more than a year.

Last week a Cairo Court of Cassation ordered a retrial, after a court sentenced Greste and Fahmy to seven years in prison and Mohammed to 10 years last June amid widespread international condemnation.

Greste's family says they have also applied for deportation.

In November Egypt issued a new decree granting President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi the power to deport foreign defendants convicted or accused of crimes.