#irregular migrants

A small boat with a total of 21 Syrian nationals on board arrived in Cyprus, near the village of Rizokarpaso, on Thursday morning. The 21 people, all male, were spotted by the ...

The joint statement on migration made by the leaders of 17 countries, the European Commission, and the European parliament is “a reaffirmation of the goals promoted by the European Union”, Migration ...

Cyprus has relocated more than 3,000 asylum seekers to nine different EU member states between 2022 until September 2025, the deputy ministry of migration said on Thursday. “The relocations are being implemented in ...

At least 54 children and about 30 adults swam from Morocco to Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta in rough seas and fog, Spanish television reported on Saturday. Video footage on ...

Deputy Migration Minister Nicolas Ioannides will travel to Copenhagen on Monday, to participate in the informal meeting of EU justice and home affairs ministers, which will take place on Tuesday. ...

The police on Friday searched 83 apartments in Larnaca and checked a total of 107 individuals, nine of whom were arrested for residing illegally in Cyprus. The operation was decided at a ...

Cyprus’ deputy welfare ministry has firmly denied claims made by Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos about migrants allegedly living in a local apartment block under unclear circumstances. In a written statement, ...

The United Kingdom and France on Thursday night finalised a deal wherein the UK will begin to return irregular migrants who had crossed the English Channel back to France, despite ...

Greece will stop processing asylum applications of people coming from North Africa, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday, amid a surge in migrant arrivals. The announcement came a day ...

In a joint operation targeting the trafficking of irregular immigrants between the British bases (SBAs) and the Republic, six suspected people smugglers and five undocumented migrants were arrested in the ...

Voice concerns over timing The community advocacy group Syrians in Cyprus has cautiously welcomed the newly introduced “voluntary repatriation” initiative, while raising concerns over its timing, coinciding with letters sent ...

Three people, aged 33, 27, and 25, were remanded for eight days on Tuesday following their arrest on Monday as part of an ongoing investigation into aiding illegal entry and facilitating the stay ...

The Cypriot government spent €500 million on the management of immigration over the space of four years between 2021 and 2024, Auditor-general Andreas Papaconstantinou said on Thursday. Addressing the House audit committee, he ...

The European Union executive on Tuesday proposed amending EU law to allow member states to deport rejected asylum seekers to countries with which they have no connection, a move rights ...

Cyprus is “in a unique position to be a gateway to Europe”, Deputy Minister of Migration Nicholas Ioannides said on Friday. Addressing the New York – Eastern Mediterranean Business Summit in ...

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 ...

Two men, aged 35 years old and 31 years old, were on Monday released on bail following their latest court hearing into their parts in the violent evictions which occurred in the ...

A 24-year-old man was on Monday sentenced to five years in prison after having been found guilty of illegally smuggling people into Cyprus. He had been arrested on April 13 last ...

The number of unaccompanied minors in Cyprus has dropped by 43 per cent compared to 2024, the deputy welfare ministry said on Friday. The statement came after the Paralimni-Deryneia municipality called on ...

Efforts to locate more survivors from the boat that capsized about 25 nautical miles off Cape Greco were terminated at 2pm on Friday. The search and rescue operation started on March 16, ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed on Thursday to reduce the number of migrants coming to Britain, saying he would produce a plan for reform of the points-based immigration system that ...

Greece’s coastguard has found the bodies of eight migrants – six minors and two women – who drowned off the island of Samos, authorities said on Monday, in the second migrant ...

Cyprus had sent 8,511 migrants home by early November 2024 and 9,193 last year through the voluntary return programme, Deputy Migration Minister Nicolas Ioannides said on Friday, pointing out that returns were an ...

Two women stranded in the buffer zone have attempted suicide due to the poor conditions which have been ongoing for months, the Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner Michael ...