#Pournara migrant reception camp

The EU Agency for Asylum delivered 62 reception units on Friday to Cyprus’ asylum service, for the needs of the Pournara migrant reception centre. In a post on Faceboo, the agency ...

‘An imperfect system that works will be better than a bad one that doesn’t’ Migration has become the albatross around the EU’s neck, but a recent agreement aims ...

Police on Sunday arrested one person in connection to Friday’s incidents at the Pournara migrant reception centre, to facilitate authorities with their investigations. Four more arrest warrants are pending, ...

Last week’s meeting of the House interior affairs committee was dispiriting, with the permanent secretary of the interior ministry admitting that “We’re out of options” when it comes ...

A teenager was injured after a violent incident at Pournara reception camp for asylum seekers and migrants, police said on Thursday. Minors were involved in a fight around 9pm on ...

The interior ministry on Thursday hit back at Akel’s calls for the minister Nicos Nouris to resign following a report which slammed the “appalling” conditions faced by unaccompanied minors ...

In recent weeks reports of motorists witnessing migrants crossing the busy highway on foot outside the Pournara reception camp for refugees near Kokkinotrimithia have increased at an alarming speed. In ...

Putting migrant reception centres in lockdown is a violation of migrant children’s basic human rights and liberties, the children’s rights commissioner said on Wednesday. Despo Michaelidou said she ...

Eight persons arrested in connection with the clashes between migrants at the Pournara reception centre on Monday have been remanded for eight days, police said on Thursday. The clashes on ...

By Nick Theodoulou and Evie Andreou The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) called on Wednesday for the Pournara migrant reception centre to be decongested after a 600-person brawl ...