#illegal migrants

Seven people were arrested in Limassol on Wednesday for residing illegally in Cyprus. In the framework of a coordinated operation between 6am and 9am on Wednesday, in Yermasogia, Limassol, the ...

Police carried out coordinated operations on Wednesday in Nicosia’s old town, inspecting three apartment buildings as part of ongoing efforts to improve public safety. The raids led to the ...

Police in Famagusta on Monday announced the arrest of eight more people who had been living illegally in Cyprus following raids carried out over the weekend. Raids were conducted on ...

A 32-year-old woman was arrested in Paphos on Monday evening after being found to be found to be in possession of a forged Latvian identity card. The woman was working ...

Ten boats carrying 476 irregular migrants have been intercepted in the last 72 hours, police said on Tuesday. From these, nine people have been arrested on suspicion of people smuggling as they ...

Two people aged 33 and 27 were remanded for eight days on Wednesday after they were arrested to facilitate police investigations into a case involving the attempted illegal entry of a total ...

A 47-year-old smuggler facing manslaughter charges after a child rescued from a migrant ship died, had his remand order renewed for seven days on Friday. With his existing remand order ...

Over 20 illegal migrants were arrested during a police operation aiming to identify illegal residents in Paphos on Sunday. During the whole operation, 22 persons of various nationalities, who are illegally residing ...

A total of 202 people were deported from Cyprus over the past week, an announcement from the police said on Friday, after the individuals were found to be residing illegally in ...

Sixteen third-country nationals residing illegally in Cyprus were located and apprehended during the weekend in coordinated police operations. Simultaneously, efforts to repatriate third-country nationals to their countries of origin saw ...

Police on Thursday arrested a 23-year-old boat operator after a vessel transporting 21 irregular migrants arrived on the Famagusta coast. According to police, the 6m long vessel was detected on the ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 23-year-old boat operator, following the arrival of 27 illegal immigrants at Cape Greco. According to police statement the boat was detected by radar in the afternoon ...

Police identified and picked up two groups of illegal migrants from streets after they landed undetected and were found walking in two coastal areas. According to police spokesman Christos Andreou, ...

Police on Sunday arrested a 24-year-old man for an investigated case of helping third-country nationals to enter the Republic illegally. The case concerns the arrival by sea of 20 people in ...

A 25-year-old man was remanded at Famagusta district court for eight days on Thursday, suspected of driving a boat with 13 migrants to the Cape Greco coast. Police said that at ...

The district court of Famagusta on Friday issued an eight-day remand order against a 34-year-old man arrested for transporting 15 irregular migrants by boat to the island. Among other things, the ...

Police on Wednesday arrested a 48-year-old man for assisting the arrival illegal immigrants into the Republic. According to police statement, shortly before 1pm, a boat approximately seven meters long was ...

Paphos police arrested two suspects on Monday for cases of burglary, theft, traffic violations, use of illegal drugs and illegal stay in the Republic. According to the police spokesman, Nikos ...

A 17-year-old was remanded for eight days on Tuesday to facilitate investigations into the arrival of a boat transporting 18 irregular migrants from Syria the previous night. The boat was spotted 10 ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 38-year-old man to facilitate investigation into a case involving the transportation of illegal immigrants. According to a statement by police, around 6 pm on Tuesday authorities ...

Twelve illegal immigrants were arrested by Turkish Cypriot police in the village of Kazivera west of Morphou, among them an 11-year-old child, reports said on Friday. The reports said that ...

Α 19-year-old man has been remanded on suspicion of assisting the illegal entry of Syrian migrants into the Republic, police said on Monday. A vessel with 12 men, two women and six ...

Eight out of the 21 people arrested for illegally residing on the island during a nationwide sweep over the weekend were found in Paphos, police said on Monday. During the operation ...

The government facilitated 1,172 returns of people to their country of origin in January, according to Interior Minister Nicos Nouris. The 1,172 returns is a huge boost of 469 per cent compared to ...