A special European Council held in Brussels included a call to the Commission to deliver an action plan for managing the Eastern Mediterranean migration route, which puts Cyprus on the frontline. The
Cypriots will vote Sunday for a new president tasked with tackling a cost-of-living crisis, corruption scandals, irregular migration and a derailed peace process. Opinion polls suggest the elections will go to a
Turkey is behind mass irregular migration to Cyprus, said Interior Minister Nicos Nouris during a review of his term in office. Nouris said that despite European efforts, there was no response on behalf
The European Union has officially recognised Turkey’s exploitation of migrants through the Green Line, the Interior Ministry announced. It said: “After many months of difficult negotiations”, it achieved in Brussels “maximum diplomatic
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris and the International Organisation for Migration’s Regional Director, Ola Henrikson, discussed ways to enhance and increase financial cooperation between the two parties to return irregular migrants. During his first
Cyprus cannot lift the growing migration burden as asylum applications exceed 11,000, said Interior Minister Nicos Nouris, who has asked for emergency help from Brussels. Cyprus has received more than 11,000 asylum
The Eastern Mediterranean route saw arrivals of irregular migrants more than double in January-March, driven by detections of illegal crossings in Cyprus, which rose 302%, said EU border agency Frontex. The first
Six out of ten (61%) Cypriots believe the European Union’s biggest problem is migration, with health (32%) and the economy (19%) other major concerns, according to the latest Eurobarometer. Some 14% of
Cyprus has an outsized problem with irregular migration that Turkey deliberately stokes, said Interior Minister Nicos Nouris. “For us, this is a state of emergency,” Nouris told AFP, adding that 4.6% of
The EU will stand with Cyprus under pressure from increased migration flows, European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas pledged. He argued Turkey would not move outside a framework of incentives and sanctions,
