#Immigrants

From the beginning of 2026 until Sunday, a total of 4,021 people have been repatriated or deported from Cyprus, police said on Sunday. In a social media post, the force said members ...

Police arrested 29 third country nationals residing illegally in Cyprus during a nationwide operation carried out on Sunday night by members of the immigration services. In a statement issued on Monday, ...

The number of immigrants residing in the European Union climbed to a record high of 64.2 million in 2025, up about 2.1 million from a year earlier, according to a report published on ...

The transfer of Greek Cypriot students to other schools is the real issue, according to the parent and guardian associations of the third public primary and nursery schools of Kaimakli. ...

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris on Thursday inspected progress on construction works at the pre-departure migrant detention centre in Limnes, as well as the existing migrant detention facilities in Menoyia. According ...

Four of Cyprus’ six members of the European parliament on Tuesday voted in favour of the creation of a common European Union list of safe countries of origin to which ...

The US Supreme Court’s ruling tied to birthright citizenship prompted confusion and phone calls to lawyers as people who could be affected tried to process a convoluted legal decision ...

Police are increasing efforts to stop illegal migration, after new reports showed that people are leaving Lebanon and heading to Cyprus in search of work. The aliens and immigration service ...

Cyprus is actively pursuing “good neighbourly relations” with Syria, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Thursday. Speaking to state broadcaster CyBC, Kombos referred to the announcement by US President Donald ...

Saturday’s attempted eviction of a group of third-country nationals from a block of flats in the Larnaca suburb of Oroklini which turned violent and ended with a 27-year-old man ...

The issue of migrant returns will be high on Cyprus’ agenda when the island assumes the presidency of the EU Council in the first half of 2026, deputy minister for migration ...

The government is placing particular emphasis on the integration of migrants who are legally residing in Cyprus and is drafting a strategic plan to this end, deputy minister for migration ...

Spain will legalise about 300,000 undocumented immigrants per year over the next three years as it seeks to expand its labour force in the face of an ageing population, Migration Minister ...

Right-wing, anti-immigrant protesters and opposing anti-racism demonstrators began large rallies in London on Saturday, closely watched by a beefed up police operation aimed at heading off any clashes between the ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found that the Cyprus Republic had violated Article 3 of European Convention on Human Rights, prohibiting inhuman or degrading treatment, in its treatment of ...

Miguel Aleman, a 39-year-old who was brought to the United States from Mexico at age 4, is among hundreds of thousands of immigrants hoping to find a path to citizenship through ...

A Republican-backed Texas law that would allow state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border was blocked again by an appeals court ...

A total of 116 irregular migrants were brought ashore aboard three boats on Monday, with three more boats still at sea. According to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), a total of ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Monday implored his European Union counterparts to re-evaluate the status of parts of Syria and consider parts of the war-torn country as “safe”. Speaking at ...

The parties unanimously approved the bill for the establishment of a deputy ministry for migration on Thursday. This will be the seventh deputy ministry set up in the last few ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Thursday that several EU countries had responded positively to his initiative aimed at designating parts of Syria as safe. During a session at the ...

Interior minister Constantinos Ioannou stepped up his efforts to persuade Brussels to reassess the status of Syria as a war zone during the visit of EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, ...

All of Cyprus’ requests have been incorporated into the EU action plan on managing migration flows in the eastern Mediterranean, officials said in parliament on Tuesday. MPs heard that for ...

Opposition party Disy called for the issue of lawyers taking advantage of migrants to be discussed at the house interior committee, in a letter sent to parliament on Friday, after ...