Cyprus struggles to cope with high numbers of asylum seekers, as in the first 18 days of January, over 700 migrants have filed applications for international protection. According to data cited by
More than 2,300 irregular migrants were deported from Cyprus to their countries of origin in 2021, double the amount over the last two years. Police spokesperson Christos Andreou told the Cyprus News
The first group of 12 migrants have departed Cyprus for the Vatican after Pope Francis agreed to offer them asylum during his visit to the island earlier this month. An Interior Ministry
Pope Francis denounced the Mediterranean Sea as a graveyard for migrants shortly before embarking on his trip to Cyprus and Greece, where he will give a message of support for refugees. “I
Cypriots have first-hand experience of what it is to be a refugee, an orphan of conflict needing a helping hand to rebuild stolen lives. In past decades, Cypriots have been the unwanted
When the government spokesman declared that 30% of pre-school children are migrants and 16% of elementary pupils, he opened Pandora’s Box on an issue this administration seems to tolerate, under pressure from
The government has been criticised by children’s rights commissioner Despo Michaelidou over recent comments about the high percentage of migrants in the education system. Government spokesman Marios Pelekanos made the comments after
Austria’s minister for the European Union accused Turkey of using migrant flows as a means to pressure the 27-member bloc for its own purposes and warned that the EU wouldn’t be “blackmailed”
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris told MPs that Cyprus had prevented illegal immigrants from arriving by boat while clamping down on sham marriages. Nouris, who briefed the House Interior Committee, said Cyprus ranks
Cyprus has sent 88 Syrian migrants back to Lebanon after they tried to reach the island on two boats. Interior Minister Nicos Nouris told The Associated Press that rescue crews continue to
