Lack of integration programmes leading to ghettoisation
As the government announced tough new measures this week to curb illegal migration, the need for effective, long-term integration programmes for refugees and asylum seekers...
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Syrian national loses third asylum appeal due to suspected Isis links
A Syrian national who has been held at the Menoyia detention centre for around a year, this week saw his appeal for release rejected by...
European asylum office resuming its work in Cyprus
The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) said on Wednesday it was “gradually and safely” resuming elements of its operations in Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Malta...
Coronavirus: ‘Refugees and asylum seekers need accurate information’, many in dire straits
Refugees and immigrants must have access to accurate information and it is imperative that their health is protected during the coronavirus outbreak, the UN High...
Suspected people smuggler arrested in the north
Authorities in the north arrested a Turkish Cypriot man who was caught trying to smuggle four third-country nationals into the government-controlled areas, reports said on...
Focus on integration of migrants
The importance of integrating refugees into local communities, in particular in the early stages of their transition to Cyprus was the focus of Wednesday’s conference...
‘Skyscrapers are not mushrooming…Cyprus won’t turn into a Manhattan’, says Petrides
Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides pledged on Thursday that Cyprus would not be turned into Manhattan during House discussions on his ministry’s budget when the topic...
Major boost for asylum service ‘will speed up processing’
Cyprus on Thursday signed a permanent hosting agreement with the European Asylum Support Office (EASO), the first EU country to do so in order to...
Unhcr: Cyprus should not have to deal alone with asylum issues
CYPRUS, currently receiving more asylum seekers per capita among European countries, should not be left alone to deal with this situation, said Unhcr Cyprus Representative...
Experts advise against minors’ facility in Zygi
The European Commission and expert opinion have advised against the creation of a state facility for unaccompanied minors in an empty military camp in the...
Cyprus says EU asylum policies failing frontline countries
Cyprus cannot accept the EU’s Legislative Package on Asylum without provisions for redistribution of migrants across the bloc, Interior Minister Constasntinos Petrides has said. He...
Rescued Syrians to seek asylum
A group of 17 Syrian refugees who had been rescued off the Cape Greco coast on Monday afternoon intend to apply for political asylum, the...
Arrest of migrant mother for allegedly stealing food ‘beyond the pale’
By Peter Michael Migrant support group Kisa said on Saturday that police exceeded all limits of discrimination when they arrested and detained a migrant woman,...
Migrants from caravan in limbo as US says border crossing full
About 50 people from a Central American migrant caravan including women, children and transgender individuals tried to seek US asylum on Sunday but were not...
Kofinou: feeling far removed from Europe
Over the past several years, migrant support group Kisa and the Unhcr have put extensive pressure on the Cypriot authorities to raise the quality of...
Whistle-blower Efimova applies for asylum
Maria Efimova, the former Pilatus Bank employee and source of the slain Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, said that she has applied for political asylum...
Greek court temporarily freezes asylum to Turkish soldier
Greece won on Monday a temporary injunction freezing asylum granted to a Turkish soldier who fled with seven others to the country after a botched...
EU leaders clash over refugees
Two years after the Mediterranean migrant crisis blew a hole in the European Union, a tentative effort to patch up differences over what to do...
Tensions rise as Australia dismantles detention centre (Update)
Australian private security on Tuesday vacated an asylum seeker detention centre in Papua New Guinea (PNG) ahead of its planned closure, detainees said, leaving about...
Cyprus sees rise in asylum applications
While asylum applications dropped by 54 per cent in the EU in the past year, Cyprus saw a rise of 43 per cent, Interior Minister...
