Baby Zoe’s father on hunger strike at Menoyia
By Bejay Browne The father of a baby who had a life-saving operation in Israel in 2013 after the minister of health stepped in, is one of...
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Trump ‘to scrap’ young migrants scheme
President Donald Trump has decided to scrap a programme shielding from deportation immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children but will give...
Malaysia prepares to deport N. Korean linked to murder; condemns attack
Malaysia released on Friday a North Korean suspect in the murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader and prepared to deport him, while...
Peru president asks Trump to consider deporting wanted ex-leader
Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski asked US President Donald Trump in a phone call on Sunday to consider deporting the Andean country’s fugitive ex-president, Alejandro...
Fashion designer to be deported from the north after anti-Erdogan video comments (Updated)
By Tahsin Eroglu Turkish fashion designer Barbaros Sansal is to be deported from the north after he was arrested for comments he made in a...
Supreme court upholds appeal of woman who was deported
The Supreme Court has upheld an appeal filed by a woman from Bulgaria who was to be deported from Cyprus after she was caught working...
Woman faces deportation from UAE for checking husband’s phone
A woman was fined and ordered to be deported from the United Arab Emirates for breaching her husband’s privacy by checking his cell phone to...
Woman to be deported after false rape claim
A 28-year-old woman who reported to police that she had been raped while kept locked in a flat for a month has retracted and was...
Swiss seen voting ‘no’ to deporting foreign law-breakers – Swiss TV
By Joshua Franklin Swiss voters were forecast to reject a referendum proposal that foreign law-breakers be deported, according to initial projections from an exit poll...
Swiss to vote on law aimed at expelling convicted foreigners without appeal
Switzerland will hold a binding referendum later this month on whether to subject any foreign resident to automatic deportation if convicted of offences running the...
Kyrgyzstan deports Briton after horse penis comment
A BRITISH employee of Kyrgyzstan’s biggest gold mine, detained by police after comparing a national dish to a horse penis, was told yesterday to leave...
EU border agency could be deployed in non-member states -Asselborn
Luxembourg’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that the European Union’s border agency could be deployed in non-member states like Serbia and Macedonia while EU members...
Texas judge blocks Obama plan to protect undocumented immigrants
By Jeff Mason A US federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked President Barack Obama’s plan to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation, an issue...
Portuguese man held at Menoyia faces imminent deportation
By Constantinos Psillides CONTROVERSY has hit the fences of the Menoyia Detention Centre once again, as a 38-year old Portuguese man currently held there faces...
Kurd harassed, then deported after raid
By Constantinos Psillides A KURDISH father of six was deported to Turkey yesterday following a police raid on his family home and the arrest of...
Labour and sex trafficking investigations drop
By Stefanos Evripidou CYPRUS remains a source and destination country for men and women subjected to forced labour and sex trafficking, the US State Department...
MPs visit Menoyia, slam policy towards migrant mothers
By Stefanos Evripidou THE HOUSE Human Rights Committee yesterday slammed the government’s policy of separating migrant mothers from their children for the purposes of detaining...
Amnesty: ‘ruthless and chilling’ lack of compassion towards migrants
By Jean Christou CYPRIOT immigration authorities routinely detain hundreds of migrants and asylum-seekers in prison-like conditions for extended periods while awaiting deportation, Amnesty International said...
Witnesses in brutality case face deportation
By Constantinos Psillides The Independent Authority for the Investigation of Allegations and Complaints against the Police (IAIACAP) have asked to stop the deportation of an...
Asylum situation in Cyprus ‘manageable’ says UNHCR
There are currently around 2,500 applications from asylum seekers in Cyprus, a situation which is manageable, the UNHCR office on the island says. According to...
