Nicosia has called for more help from the EU after irregular migrant flows recorded an increase in March, while 19,000 asylum applications are still pending, said Interior Minister Nicos Nouris. The minister held a meeting on Wednesday with the Regional Director of Frontex Grigoris Apostolou, whom he briefed on the migration challenges Cyprus faces. He underlined that Cyprus ranks first for asylum applications in proportion to its population, compared to the other EU Member States. Nouris argued there is a huge problem with immigration flows encouraged by Turkey through the occupied north of Cyprus. There has been a rapid increase … Continue reading Cyprus requests Frontex support as migrant flows rise