‘Drastic measures’ needed to curb migration
Two issues: the status of the buffer zone and the failure to return rejected asylum seekers to countries designated as safe The interior minister...
illegal migrants
Two detained for illegal stay on the island
Paphos police have detained two men, aged 35 and 36, who had been living in the Republic without the necessary permits. The pair were arrested...
24 illegal migrants returned to home countries
The return of 24 illegal migrants to their home country was carried out within the framework of “voluntary return”, police said on Thursday. A total...
Police seek suspected people smuggler
Limassol police said Thursday they were seeking a 38-year-old man in connection with people smuggling after he was linked to a migrant smuggling ring. Police...
Four illegal migrants arrested
Four illegal male migrants were arrested in Paphos over the weekend, police said on Monday. Members of the crime prevention unit and traffic police arrested...
More migrants enter via the north
Twenty-one illegal migrants were found in Kato Pyrgos Tillyrias early on Saturday, police said, after a boat was spotted in the sea off Cape Arnaoutis,...
Suspected people traffickers remanded
Two men, a Turkish national and a Turkish Cypriot, were remanded on Wednesday for eight days on suspicion of illegally assisting a group of 19...
Arrests over illegal workers at two slaughterhouses (Updated)
The owners of Cypra and A&A slaughterhouses in Nicosia and some of their workers were arrested on Wednesday as part of checks that were carried...
Turkish Cypriots send 33 Syrians back to Turkey
Turkish Cypriot authorities have deported 33 Syrians who arrived in northern Cyprus last week, it was reported on Monday. The Syrians, all male, had been...
Police crackdown on illegal migrants
Police have charged five people for illegal employment and one for residing on the island without a permit as part of an operation that took...
Illegal immigrants detained
Paphos police have arrested two people, one on Tuesday evening and one on Wednesday morning, for being in Cyprus illegally. Police said that at 7:45am...
Man with forged ID overstayed entry visa by 13 years
A Ukrainian man was arrested in Paphos on Wednesday morning after he walked into the migration department asking to register as a European citizen only...
Illegal migrants will be deported
By Andria Kades The 18 migrants of African and Asian origin arrested for illegal entry into the Republic will be deported, police said on Monday....
Denmark to impose controls on border, risking EU ire
By Alexander Tange Denmark will impose controls on its border to stop smugglers and illegal migrants, its new foreign minister said on Tuesday, in a...
Hungary unveils plan to fence off Serb border to stop migrants
By Marton Dunai Hungary announced plans on Wednesday to build a four-metre-high fence along its border with Serbia to stem the flow of illegal migrants,...
Rescuers pull bodies from Black Sea near Istanbul after boat sinks (updated)
By Osman Orsal Fisherman and coastguards pulled bodies from the sea at the mouth of Istanbul’s Bosphorus strait on Monday after a boat believed to...