Police bar migrants from crossing buffer zone
Migrants stranded in the buffer zone made a ‘tepid’ attempt to enter the Republic of Cyprus on Monday but were stopped by police.
According to Menelaos Savva, community leader of ...
Ministries working together to decide next steps on buffer zone fencing
The deputy migration ministry and the justice ministry are working together to decide the next steps on the barbed wire fencing along the Green line, it emerged on Wednesday.
Speaking ...
Legal service dealing with migrant pushback lawsuit
The European Commission on Thursday stressed that Cyprus has an obligation to provide access to asylum proceedings, as 70 migrants remain stranded in the buffer zone, unable to apply for asylum ...
Our View: Standoff over buffer zone migrants risks UN relations
While the government’s initial stance about the migrants stranded in the buffer zone was justifiable, as time goes by it is becoming more difficult to defend. It is leading ...
Govt and UN clash over migrant pushback claims
The government on Friday took a tough line against accusations from the UN that it was carrying out migrant pushbacks within the buffer zone, calling the statements unhelpful in resolving ...
Cyprus accused of migrant pushbacks
A total of 25 migrants have been forcibly removed from territories of the Republic and taken to the buffer zone against their will, while being denied access to asylum procedures, the ...
Stranded migrants suffering depression and hopelessness
A young boy sits on the ground at the back of the tent, immobile, unresponsive, with his back to us.
“He’s my son, but he has depression,” explains his ...