Asylum applications down 61 per cent in May
The number of new asylum applications in Cyprus in May was down 61 per cent compared to the same months last year, according to the...
Illegal migration
Cyprus and Lebanon establish group to combat illegal migration
Cyprus and Lebanon have set up a working group to better coordinate, share information and take measures to reduce illegal migration flows across the Eastern...
Migrants relocated to France, more leaving than entering
For the first time in years, more asylum seekers are leaving Cyprus than those entering, the interior ministry said on Wednesday as 51 more people...
EU action plan needed to ‘curb illegal migration’ to Cyprus
Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Monday spoke of the need to promote and implement an EU action plan aimed at keeping the migratory flow to...
Interior minister to focus on migration in Brussels trip
Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou will focus on the disproportionate migration pressures faced by Cyprus at the Home Affairs Council in Brussels on Thursday and Friday....
EU ministers seek to ease tensions on migration after France-Italy spat
EU interior ministers sought to ease resurgent tensions over illegal migration at an emergency meeting on Friday, after the fate of migrants rescued in the...
Eighteen-year-old captain remanded in irregular migrants case (updated)
Police on Tuesday remanded an 18-year-old man for eight days after he was arrested following the arrival of a boat with illegal passengers off the...
Cyprus proposes changes to the EU asylum procedure
Interior Minister Nikos Nouris highlighted Turkey’s role in the trafficking of irregular migrants during the proceedings of the European union’s council of internal affairs on...
Our View: Cyprus is not powerless to deal with the irregular migrants
The European Union’s report on migration and asylum, released on Thursday, said that Cyprus has seen a 122 per cent increase on 2021 in the...
Hotel Rwanda – the end of the UK as a safe haven for asylum seekers?
Tragic development if the UK diverges from the European Convention on Human Rights By Aylin Zeybek In April 2022, the UK government announced a new...
