Bases floated as possible processing centre for Channel migrants
Cyprus has been named as one possible ‘Plan B’ location where migrants and asylum seekers entering the UK in small boats via the Channel would be taken to the British ...
Cyprus set to receive more European aid to deal with increasing migrant flows (updated)
More European aid will be funnelled to Cyprus to deal with increasing migrant flows, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Wednesday as figures showed the numbers arriving in January this ...
Over 300 migrants spotted off coast in the north
The Turkish coast guard arrested 334 migrants spotted off the coast in the north, Turkish Cypriot media reported on Wednesday.
Citing newspaper Kibris Postasi, the PIO said that the migrants were ...
Rent allowances of migrants breaking decree have been cut
Rent allowances have been cut from some third country nationals living in Chlorakas, it emerged on Tuesday following the wide-ranging House demographics committee meeting.
It is understood that some third ...
EU official recognises Cyprus’ massive refugee problem (updated)
Cyprus signed an agreement with the EU on Tuesday to regulate the return of migrants, with further cooperation to be announced shortly.
Deputy Director-General in charge of the ‘Task Force ...
Two charged as police checks continue on Chlorakas
Coordinated police operations in Chlorakas continued over Saturday night with two people found illegally staying in the area charged.
A new operation was staged on Saturday lasting from the afternoon ...
Nouris on migration: It’s time for decisions
Minister calls on EU partners to help finance physical barriers along buffer zone
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Friday urged his EU counterparts to support Cyprus’ call for the financing ...
2021 reviewed: Migrant plight was leitmotif of Pope’s visit
By Jonathan Shkurko
At the end of a 2021 still marred by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Cyprus received a glimpse of hope represented by the visit of Pope Francis to the ...
Migrants camped in Belarus warehouse still hope to get to EU
Sleeping on mattresses in a Belarusian warehouse, hundreds of Middle Eastern migrants are still clinging to the hope of a future in western Europe as the year draws to a ...
Pournara camp, a ticking time bomb
Anger, suspicion and some sympathy – villagers say asylum camp out of control
By Theo Panayides
The Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers outside Kokkinotrimithia, on the outskirts of Nicosia, has ...
First group of migrants pope promised to resettle leave for Italy
Twelve migrants out of the 50 selected to settle in Italy under the protection of Pope Francis departed on Thursday morning, the interior ministry said.
The ministry thanked the pope for ...
Nearby residents hold protest at Pournara
People who live near Pournara refugee reception centre protested on Saturday, demanding the state limit the number of migrants there to 600 and improve their living conditions.
The two-hour protest by ...
West African migrants in Cyprus (video)
We spoke to asylum seekers from Sierra Leone and Guinea, tracing their journey from Pournara reception centre to their plans for the future.
More than 3,800 more asylum applications during October-November
Cyprus received more than 3,856 applications from asylum seekers in the months of October-November 2021, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris has said.
He added that the percentage of asylum seekers and eligible persons ...
Hungarian court to rule on challenge to EU law
Hungary’s Constitutional Court is expected to rule on a government motion challenging the supremacy of European Union law on Friday, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told public radio.
The court ...
First 14 of 50 asylum seekers will fly to Vatican on December 16, Nouris says
The first 14 asylum seekers residing in Cyprus, including the two stranded in the buffer zone, will be flying to the Vatican on December 16, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Saturday.
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Hundreds involved in fight at Pournara camp
Nicosia police were investigating on Thursday after seven people were injured in a brawl involving around 300 migrants at Pournara reception camp overnight.
According to a police spokeswoman, the fight started ...
EC policy on instrumentalisation of migrants may not help Cyprus
The European Commission is expected to legally define the ‘instrumentalisation of migrants’, next week, though this might not help Cyprus deal with the increasing inflow of migrants to the island.
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70 per cent increase in asylum seekers over last year
A total of 10,868 asylum applications had been submitted in Cyprus from the beginning of the year until the first week of November, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.
In addition, ...
Two men arrested for assisting illegal entry
Two 33-year-old men were arrested in Larnaca on suspicion of assisting the illegal entry of migrants into the republic, police said on Tuesday.
The arrests occurred during a police operation ...
Police pick up further 31 migrants
Thirty one adult migrants, all of Syrian origin, were found in Athienou on Monday, police said.
A police patrol located 20 migrants walking on the Nicosia to Larnaca highway in the ...
Understand the plight of migrants, pope urges ahead of Cyprus visit (Video)
Ahead of his visit to Cyprus and Greece, Pope Francis said on Saturday his thoughts were with those fleeing wars and poverty who died in the sea or who were ...
France’s Macron tells Britain to ‘get serious’ on Channel migrant crisis
French President Emmanuel Macron told Britain on Friday it needed to “get serious” or remain locked out of discussions over how to curb the flow of migrants escaping war and ...
France and Britain seek answers while trading blame after migrant tragedy
France and Britain sought answers on Thursday on how to deter migrants from trying to cross the sea separating them after 27 people died making the attempt in an inflatable dinghy, ...