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Cyprus’ proximity to regions experiencing long-term political crises and military conflicts leaves no room for complacency over handling migration, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday. In a speech at ...

The Austrian government on Wednesday threw its weight behind Cyprus’ plan to declare parts of Syria safe to return migrants. Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, a spokesperson for the Austrian ...

In 2023, Cyprus received one asylum application per 78 inhabitants, figures released on Wednesday show. This figure means Cyprus receives far more applications per head than anywhere else in Europe. According to ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Monday met with the President of the Union of Cyprus Communities, Andreas Kitromilides. At the meeting, the pair spoke about local government reform, with both ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Thursday highlighted “significant improvements” in the examination and issuance of property title deeds, which, according to him, will help reducing the average processing time to ...

Local government reform has been grossly distorted by parliamentary amendments and is now rife with failures that will come with hefty costs across different municipalities, Interior Minister Constantinou Ioannou said. ...

Cyprus recorded a notable decrease in irregular migrant applications of 46 per cent and a 66 per cent increase in returns last year, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday. The minister ...

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 ...

Despite challenges in local authority reform, efforts to implement the changes are non-negotiable, as the quality of services which will be offered to the public will be far more effective ...

Media freedom must be guarded and local government reforms are a means to enhance citizen participation in democracy, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said. The minister was addressing a forum at ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou will discuss migration issues on Tuesday, in Madrid, with his Spanish counterpart, Fernando Grande-Marlaska Gómez. According to a press release, during their meeting the two ...

The interior ministry said on Friday it has the “clear intention to proceed” with the construction of housing for 600 low-income families in Limassol. They added, “for this reason, the project ...

The interior ministry is seeking repatriation of some Syrians as it says it is approaching the immigration issue comprehensively, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Friday. Speaking against the backdrop ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Wednesday suggested the possibility of ramping up cooperation with Lebanon, including by providing boats, in efforts to prevent an ongoing surge of Syrian refugees arriving ...

Local government reforms are “on the home straight”, according to interior minister Constantinos Ioannou. In a speech read on his behalf by the Kyrenia district officer, Antonis Economides, to a ...

The interior and labour ministries are joining forces to combat illegal employment of third-country nationals and reduce irregular migration this month. Officials have identified 83 cases of illegal employment of third-country ...

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 Mediterranean. Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou ...

Non-EU countries must be more proactive in their cooperation with repatriating irregular migrants that arrive at the bloc, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said during an EU meeting. Speaking at the ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou is traveling to Logrono, Spain where he is set to discuss the migration crisis along with procedures surrounding asylum, with his EU counterparts. In a statement ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou discussed ways to expedite the examination of asylum applications with officials during a visit to the Pournara migrants’ reception centre on Tuesday. At the camp in ...

Cyprus has ramped up its returns of irregular migrants this year with over 4,370 repatriated so far – compared to 2,353 last year, according to Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou. He met senior European ...

Police on Saturday said they are investigating a ring of illegal provision of privileges to asylum seekers within the immigration department after an officer employed there was arrested for issuing ...

Cyprus is ready to respond to events like the recent tragedy off the coast of Pylos in Greece, Interior Minister Konstantinos Ioannou said on Friday. The minister’s statement came ...