Asylum seekers in Italy told to pay to avoid detention
Asylum seekers in Italy will have to pay 4,938 euros ($5,259) to avoid detention while their request for protection is being processed, the government said...
Asylum seekers
Cypriots need to give migrants a chance
I am a civil society actor living in Cyprus as an Asylum Seeker. I strongly condemn the recent violent attacks against asylum seekers and refugees...
Targeted migrants ‘left in the lurch’
‘The government has no legal or constitutional obligation to help them’ A week after the violent incidents that reaped destruction across Limassol’s migrant community in...
Relocation operation of Chlorakas migrants completed (update 3)
The relocation operation of migrants housed in the troubled Ayios Nikolaos apartment complex in Chlorakas has been completed Paphos CID chief Michalis Nikolaou told the...
Chlorakas migrants from apartment complex will be moved (Updated)
The government on Monday decided migrants living in an apartment complex in Chlorakas should be kicked out and relocated to Kofinou. Police were instructed to...
Cyprus records significant drop in asylum applications in April this year
Asylum applications in Cyprus were down by over 70 per cent in April this year compared to the same month in 2022, Eurostat data showed...
Private colleges sue over third country student ban
Eight private colleges are suing the government for “tens of millions of euros” over a cabinet decision to crackdown on third country nationals who come...
Migrants relocated to France, more leaving than entering
For the first time in years, more asylum seekers are leaving Cyprus than those entering, the interior ministry said on Wednesday as 51 more people...
Two arrested trying to leave Cyprus with fake identities
Two asylum seekers have been arrested in separate incidents attempting to leave the island through Paphos airport with fake documentation, police said. On June 23,...
Akel lambasts Cyprus’ positive spin on EU migration deal
Opposition party Akel on Tuesday lambasted the interior minister’s positive spin on the migration agreement announced last Thursday by the EU ministerial council. In its...
