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Cyprus was disappointed that no agreement was reached in Brussels on Friday with regard to a proposed regulation to address situations of instrumentalisation in the field of migration and asylum, ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday said it was a necessary condition to strengthen the cooperation of the nine Mediterranean states, in order to turn the region into an area of ...

The interior ministry on Friday sought to demonstrate to EU partners how the UN buffer zone is the source of the problem where migration flows are concerned. Permanent secretary of ...

As a November 23 deadline approaches, the number of applications for 300 jobs policing the island’s 180-km long buffer zone against irregular migration has fallen short, with 147 people in total showing ...

Over 90 per cent want to see a cap on migration The vast majority of Cypriots, more than two thirds, feel dissatisfied, anxious and angry about the general state of affairs ...

Britain and France on Monday signed an agreement worth 72.2 million euros ($74.5 million) over the coming year to ramp up efforts to stop illegal migrants from making perilous journeys across the ...

Uncontrollable immigration is closely linked to the lack of a solution “The knot has reached the comb” is a cry that it is often heard outside Kokkinotrimithia, near Nicosia, where ...

The 75 people wanted in connection with last week’s clashes at Pournara will be deported without a doubt, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Wednesday. Though Cyprus aims to help ...

Cyprus received on Monday 10 million Swiss francs (10.092m euros) as a donation to deal with the migration crisis at a ceremony in Bern, Switzerland attended by Interior Minister Nicos Nouris. ...

The interior ministry plans to deport the asylum seekers involved in recent clashes at the overcrowded Pournara reception centre during which fires injured residents and security guards and destroyed equipment. ...

Officials on Thursday conceded they’re running out of ideas on how to stem the influx of irregular migrants, which has doubled this year compared to 2021. At the House interior ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s bullying of Cyprus and Greece has led to a deterioration in Turkey’s relations with the European Union, according to the latest European Commission report. ...

Enhanced surveillance of the EU’s external borders with a special provision for the Green Line in Cyprus was the focus of the joint declaration of the MED5 summit of ...

The alarming increase in the migratory flow into Europe will be the focus of the Med5 summit in Paphos on Friday, which brings together the interior ministers of Italy, Spain, ...

Cyprus is this year facing a 122 per cent increase in irregular arrivals in the first seven months compared to the same period in 2021, mainly due to arrivals from Turkey to ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris has asked for the help of Unficyp in dealing with increased migration flows to the government-controlled areas through the UN-controlled buffer zone. Nouris, who is on ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Friday spoke of an alarming migratory flow increase to Europe outlining the main talking points of this year’s Med5 summit, which will gather the ...

After many months of difficult negotiations, the EU has recognised the instrumentalisation or ‘weaponisation’ of migration by Turkey through the Green Line, the interior ministry said on Sunday. The ministry ...

Police said on Sunday that a speedboat carrying 12 irregular migrants was spotted 14 nautical miles south-west of cape Greco on Saturday. According to police the boat travelling at high speed, showed ...

Immigration is developing into Cyprus’ “second national problem”, Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou said on Monday. Speaking after a meeting with Interior Minister Nicos Nouris, Neophytou, who has ...

Famagusta district court on Friday issued an eight-day detention order against five Syrian nationals aged 53, 51, 46, 50 and 49 to facilitate investigations in connection with assisting a third country national to illegally enter ...

Cyprus has moved a step closer to securing a repatriation deal with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou said on Wednesday. His visit ...

Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou is due to hold talks with government representatives from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) about migration flows to Cyprus after he travelled ...

The number of irregular arrivals detected entering the EU via the eastern Mediterranean route remains high, with entry through Cyprus accounting for more than half of 22,601 arrivals—over 11,300 individuals, in ...