Two remanded for causing immigration office ruckus
Two men have been remanded for three days on suspicion of assaulting officers at the Paphos immigration service earlier this week.
A pregnant woman and two minors, who were also ...
Turkey says Greece pushed migrant boat back into Turkish waters
Turkey on Monday accused Greece of pushing a boat carrying migrants out of Greek territorial waters and back into Turkish ones.
The defence ministry in Ankara said the incident occurred ...
Britain’s PM hopefuls promise to get tough on illegal migration
Britain’s two contenders to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister promised on Sunday to tackle illegal immigration as a priority, with both backing the government’s policy of sending ...
Anastasiades: Tatar proposals another stab at two-state solution
President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday dismissed the proposals prepared by Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar earlier this month, saying they were a new attempt for a two-state solution.
The proposals ...
EU leaders seek compromise over immigration as arrivals increase
European Union leaders made a fresh effort on Friday to overcome their differences on how to handle immigrants, but disagreed on the best way forward, with the head of the ...
MPs hear of efforts underway to tackle illegal migration
Great efforts are being undertaken to tackle illegal migration, MPs heard during Parliament’s ad hoc committee on demographics and migration on Tuesday while concerns were also expressed over “the ...
U.S. border camp closed, Haitians there face mixed fates
An impromptu border camp that roiled U.S. politics was emptied of thousands of Haitian migrants by Friday, with most remaining in the United States for now and others expelled ...
Biden promises to appeal immigration ruling, urges Congress to act
President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the Justice Department will appeal a “deeply disappointing” ruling by a federal judge in Texas on a program that protects from deportation certain ...
European office has helped speed up asylum applications
Cyprus processed a record number of asylum applications in the first three months of 2021 with the European Asylum Support Office’s (EASO) help, head Nina Gregori said during a visit ...
Two roads to citizenship: endless obstacles for many
Many landmark cases reflect the challenge of accessing long term residence in Cyprus
Dr Louisa Borg Haviaras
This piece of writing follows my previous article ‘Two Roads to Citizenship’ published ...
MPs seeking harsher penalties for people smugglers
The House interior committee appears to favour harsher punishments for people smugglers and their accomplices, chairperson Eleni Mavrou said on Monday.
MPs discussed the proposed changes to the law upgrading ...
Our view: Extra police in Nicosia’s old city won’t address the main issue
Cheap housing in the old part of Nicosia has for years attracted low earners, mainly foreign workers. Several incentive schemes to attract young families and revitalise this historic centre of ...