Man detained for Smuggling Syrians to Cyprus

A 44-year-old man was detained in Cyprus police custody on suspicion of people smuggling 29 Syrians on an overcrowded boat intercepted off the island’s southeast coast. The Famagusta District Court on Sunday

5,000 asylum applications in three months

Members of parliament heard an Interior Ministry representative that the Asylum Service in Cyprus had received some 5,120 applications in the first three months of the year. The Deputy Director of the

EU to help Cyprus repatriate migrants

The head of the European Union’s Frontex border agency said the repatriation of migrants is Cyprus’ “most urgent need”, and his agency is ready to facilitate flights to return rejected asylum seekers

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EU, Cyprus sign migrant return deal

For the first time, Cyprus and the EU have signed an agreement on the return of migrants by streamlining procedures for asylum rejection as arrivals increase. The agreement was signed on Tuesday in

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