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...
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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...
European asylum chief on visit to Cyprus
The Executive Director of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO), José Carreira, was in Cyprus on Wednesday in the framework of the agency’s ongoing efforts...
Three Turkish families apply for asylum
The three families of Turkish nationals – in total 12 people – who were caught on Monday after attempting to travel with fake documents from...
Far-right group’s ship briefly held in north (Updated)
A ship an anti-migrant group planned to use as part of its campaign to protect Europe from mass migration was detained in Cyprus and then turned away...
Almost 3,000 applied for asylum in Cyprus last year
Cyprus is among the countries with the highest number of registered first-time asylum applicants in 2016 compared with the size of its population, a Eurostat...
Conditions at Kofinou asylum centre remain substandard, human rights officials say (Updated: ministry responds)
Despite the fact that Cyprus was not greatly affected by the mass movement of refugees in 2016, conditions at the Kofinou reception centre for asylum...
Some Turkish military officers at Nato seeking asylum – alliance chief
Some Turkish military officers posted to Nato in Europe have requested asylum since the abortive coup in Turkey in July, alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said...
News podcast: asylum applications and problems at Kofinou
The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in international and local...
Palestinian asylum seekers want answers
Twenty-five or so Palestinian asylums seekers who had their initial applications rejected and are waiting for responses to their appeals sat inside the main gates...
House approves legal aid for international protection status appellants
The House plenum has unanimously passed a law providing for legal aid to applicants for international protection status. The move was aimed at harmonising national...
Turkish military defector makes case for asylum in Greece
A Turkish soldier who fled to Greece after a failed military coup attempt in Turkey last month was interviewed by asylum officials in Athens on...
Australia, PNG agree to close controversial refugee camp but give no date
Australia and Papua New Guinea said on Wednesday they had agreed to close a controversial Australian-funded asylum seeker detention centre on Manus Island, but gave...
Fleeing Turkish soldiers appear before Greek prosecutor
The Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece in a helicopter after a failed military coup against the government were brought before a prosecutor in the...
Nearly 96,000 unaccompanied children sought EU asylum in 2015 – agency
Nearly 96,000 refugee and migrant children who travelled to Europe alone in 2015 sought asylum in the European Union, almost four times as many as...
Deny migrants right to seek asylum – Austrian foreign minister
Migrants who try to enter Europe illegally by boat should be denied the chance to apply for asylum and be sent back, Austria’s foreign minister...
Home provides hope for the rootless teens
By Annette Chrysostomou “It is like a big family,” says 19-year-old Odai from Syria as he remembers his time at the Home for Children...
