#deportations

Romani Youssef sits in a detention centre, waiting to be deported back to Egypt after being arrested as a ‘prohibited immigrant’ two months ago. Meanwhile, his Cypriot fiancée Anthi ...

The Supreme Court ordered on Wednesday the immediate release of an Iranian national who had spent approximately 24 years in Cyprus, ruling that his continued detention for deportation purposes had exceeded ...

A total of 43 people were arrested and 37 deportation orders issued in coordinated operations against illegal residence in Cyprus over the past three days, the justice ministry said on Monday. Police ...

Deportations have reached 535 since the start of the year, the justice ministry said on Saturday, alongside 2,052 voluntary departures. According to official figures, 578 arrests and 529 irregular arrivals were also recorded between ...

The 28-year-old Azerbaijani man and his 27-year-old Estonian partner who were arrested over terrorism allegations in Cyprus have been deported to Estonia, local media reported on Friday. The pair had ...

Concerns were raised on Wednesday by legal authorities and international organisations over a proposal to allow courts to order the deportation of foreign nationals convicted of serious crimes. The proposal, ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the immediate release of a Turkish national of Kurdish origin who had been held in detention since March of last year for deportation purposes, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has pardoned 11 third-country nationals who are currently inmates at the central prison, with all 11 set to be released and immediately deported, the justice ministry said on Friday. ...

Ten people have been deported to Syria after their arrests in connection with a mass brawl in Limassol last month, police said on Wednesday. The 10, all Syrian nationals, were among 12 ...

A total of 164 foreign nationals have been deported from detention centres and the central prisons in Cyprus between December 10 and January 20, according to a report released by the justice ministry ...

A new proposal allowing Cypriot courts to deport foreign nationals convicted of serious crimes was submitted to the House of representatives on Thursday, following a request by Disy parliamentary spokesman ...

The government has submitted a bill to the House of Representatives aimed at the immediate deportation and removal of political asylum status for foreigners involved in crimes, government spokesman Konstantinos ...

The joint statement on migration made by the leaders of 17 countries, the European Commission, and the European parliament is “a reaffirmation of the goals promoted by the European Union”, Migration ...

“I need to be released from here,” was the last message received by the Cyprus Mail from Katina Baird, the Larnaca restaurateur (owner of Katina’s Tasty Food Caribbean restaurant) ...

By Andrew Chung, Luc Cohen, Kristina Cooke and Jack Queen The US Supreme Court early on Saturday paused the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan men in immigration custody after their ...

The Trump administration must explain to a federal court without delay what it is doing to facilitate the return of a Maryland resident it illegally deported to El Salvador, a ...

Pope Francis sharply criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in an unusual open letter to America’s Catholic bishops on Tuesday, saying criminalising migrants and taking measures ...

Cyprus has recorded the highest ratio of departures to arrivals among EU member states in 2024, with a rate of 179 per cent. A total of 10,941 people left the country in the ...

The administrative court has found that the Cypriot government was within its rights to deport a European Union citizen who had been convicted of raping and sexually assaulting a child ...

Police on Friday reported that after a coordinated operation between local immigration services and Frontex, seven people who had been residing illegally in the Republic were forcibly repatriated. The deportation, ...

Police arrested 24 third country nationals over the weekend whose status in the Republic was illegal. They were then taken into custody and authorities have initiated procedures for their immediate repatriation. ...

All migrants who were stranded in the buffer zone have been removed from the site, the deputy migration ministry confirmed on Saturday, putting an end to months of wrangling. A ...

A total of 6,800 who were residing illegally in Cyprus have been deported or repatriated so far in 2024 as part of efforts to return third-country nationals to their countries of origin, ...

Hundreds of people have been repatriated after they were found to be living illegally in the Republic of Cyprus, it was reported on Saturday. According to a police announcement, 201 people ...