#Asylum seekers

Police arrested two people who tried to depart from Paphos airport last Friday and Saturday with forged documents, while a third person was also arrested for illegal trafficking of third ...

Police conducted a raid on a building in Chlorakas overnight, where they arrested three people for illegally residing in the building, and charged four others for stealing electricity, authorities said ...

A mission with 140 volunteers from various European countries came to Cyprus in August to support refugees staying at the Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers. The mission concerned an initiative ...

The state is to tighten its purse strings and get tougher on how benefits are handed out to migrants and asylum seekers, but those seeking protection are set for some ...

Pressure rose on the Dutch government on Friday to tackle what refugee advocates have called “inhumane” conditions at its main shelter for asylum seekers as humanitarian group Medecins sans Frontieres ...

A crackdown on the misuse and abuse of benefits has led to 3,000 asylum seekers having their payments cut, while restrictions on how they spend the money are also reportedly on ...

Improvements, which will reduce the burden on the Lakatamia welfare office that assists asylum seekers, were under way, the deputy minister of social welfare Anastasia Anthousi said on Monday. There ...

The social welfare services on Tuesday came in for renewed and harsh criticism over their handling of the Lakatamia office which deals with foreign nationals, as the municipality announced it ...

The blame game over the collapse of balconies on two buildings in Paphos in the space of 24 hours is well underway, as passing the buck in the event of a ...

The ambassadors of France, Germany and the Netherlands visited Pournara reception center on Monday in what was seen as acknowledgement of the problem facing Cyprus and of the need for ...

The European Union’s top migration official told Greece on Thursday to stop “violent” deportations of migrants or risk losing funds. After becoming one of the main destination points during ...

Asylum seekers held an anti-racism protest on Thursday in Nicosia, to demand the immediate examination of their applications. A group of asylum seekers gathered near Paphos gate in the capital ...

Fifteen third country nationals who were in Cyprus illegally have been repatriated in cooperation with Frontex, the EU’s border and coastguard agency, police said on Wednesday. The 15 were repatriated ...

Competent services need to cooperate more effectively to tackle the phenomenon of seasonal farm workers quitting their jobs to claim asylum in Cyprus, the House agriculture committee heard on Tuesday. ...

The EU will find a way to make the Turkish leadership responsible for restricting the migrant flow into the north of the island and from there to the Republic, European ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris has confirmed reports that a resident of Germany has acknowledged as his own, four children from three different women, all who happen to be asylum seekers ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris confirmed reports on Wednesday that a resident of Germany has acknowledged as his own four children from three different women, all who happen to be asylum ...

Police on Monday said they are “sparing no effort” in locating missing persons while many resources are being given to locate the 14 unaccompanied minors who disappeared from the facilities in ...

The situation at the Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers is extremely volatile, both for those staying at the facility and for the neighbouring communities, MPs heard on Tuesday. The ...

The health ministry on Tuesday announced it has made some changes for asylum seekers wanting treatment at state hospitals. In a written announcement, the ministry said the changes went into ...

More than 700 asylum seekers recipients of welfare benefits were found to have secured jobs and their grants will be terminated, deputy minister for social welfare Anastasia Anthousi said on Thursday. ...

Another 50 unaccompanied minors were transferred from Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers to a Paphos-based facility on Wednesday, with more expected to be taken there in the coming days, Deputy ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris sounded the alarm about the increasing migratory flow to Cyprus on Wednesday during a meeting with the leader of Dipa Marios Garoyian. Following the meeting, Nouris ...

The highest number of first-time asylum applicants relative to the population in the EU in 2021 was recorded in Cyprus, with 14,799 first-time applicants per million residents, according to a Eurostat report ...