Chlorakas landlord arrested for renting to asylum seekers
Police arrested the owner of an apartment building in Chlorakas after he rented flats to asylum seekers in violation of a government decree banning them from residing in the area.
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Six countries urge EU not to halt deportations of rejected Afghan asylum seekers
Six EU member states have sent a letter to the bloc’s executive warning against halting deportations of rejected Afghan asylum seekers despite major advances of Taliban militants in their ...
European office has helped speed up asylum applications
Cyprus processed a record number of asylum applications in the first three months of 2021 with the European Asylum Support Office’s (EASO) help, head Nina Gregori said during a visit ...
Almost 7,500 asylum applications received in 2020
Overall asylum applications across the EU fell in 2020, but Cyprus is among the member states that received the most applications relative to their population size, the European Asylum Defence Office’...
New migrant housing to help speed up asylum bids
Limnes migrant detention centre in Menoyia on Wednesday received a donation of 80 housing units from the Polish embassy to help speed up processing asylum applications.
Polish ambassador Irena Lichnerowicz Augustyn ...
UN refugee agency scorns Denmark’s law on asylum claims
The U.N. refugee agency has voiced strong opposition to a law passed by Denmark’s parliament that would allow processing of claims lodged by asylum seekers outside Europe, calling ...
Denmark agrees law to deport asylum seekers outside Europe
Denmark’s parliament on Thursday passed a law enabling the Nordic country to relocate asylum seekers to countries outside Europe, defying calls to abandon the plans from NGOs and the ...
Over 7,000 asylum applications in 2020, backlog now almost 20,000
A total of 7,036 new asylum applications were submitted in 2020 in Cyprus, raising the year’s backlog to nearly 20,000, Unhcr Cyprus reported on Thursday.
The statistics were updated based on figures ...
Ministry eyes tough penalties to clamp down on ‘fake’ students
The interior ministry has proposed a bill to further clamp down on ‘sham students’ which could lead to a hefty fine of €250,000.
The bill also seeks a 15-year prison sentence ...
24 lawyers hired to speed up asylum applications
The state Legal Service has recruited 24 lawyers who will be handling asylum cases in a bid to speed up procedures, it was announced on Monday.
The lawyers and five support ...
US begins processing asylum seekers as Biden unwinds Trump program
The United States began rolling back one of former President Donald Trump’s most restrictive immigration policies on Friday, allowing in the first of thousands of asylum seekers who have ...
Cyprus to lobby EU over irregular migration
Intense discussions are taking place in Cyprus over what it expects from the EU’s proposed new migration policy, with the government insisting the Republic is overburdened.
Foreign Minister Nikos ...
Asylum seekers at Pournara protest over living conditions
Hundreds of asylum seekers staying in the Pournara reception centre protested on Monday over delays in their application process and what they described as the inhumane living conditions in the ...
MPs propose compromise over third-country students
The House education committee plans to propose to the government to introduce sanctions on colleges whose third-country students abandon them as a compromise to a visa clampdown imposed a few ...
UN agency calls for decongestion of migrant camp after brawl (Updated)
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 ...