Nouris: we will deport those who started Pournara clashes (Updated) (Videos)
The interior ministry plans to deport the asylum seekers involved in recent clashes at the overcrowded Pournara reception centre during which fires injured residents and...
irregular migrants
Police officer arrested for smuggling irregular migrants from the north (Updated)
An officer has been suspended after he was caught trying to smuggle irregular migrants from the north to the government-controlled areas last month. Authorities are...
Cyprus top EU country in return of irregular immigrants, interior minister says
The Cypriot authorities managed to return a total of 3,500 irregular immigrants in the first half of 2022, placing Cyprus as the top EU country...
Interior minister welcomes EU funding to improve facilities for irregular migrants
Cyprus is to receive €72m in EU funding which will be partly used to construct the first pre-departure centre for rejected asylum seekers and irregular...
Another arrest in illegal entry case
A 26-year-old man has been arrested for assisting illegal immigration by sea after a boat ferrying 16 people arrived on Monday at Famagusta. The latest...
More support sought for voluntary return of migrants
Closer cooperation on voluntary returns and integration were the main focus of a meeting on Monday between the interior ministry and senior officials from the...
44 irregular migrants come to shore, man found drowned (Update 3)
A bid for a better life turned to tragedy early on Thursday when a young Syrian man drowned trying to make it to shore near...
Three boats with irregular migrants, five held for people smuggling (update 2)
Five men were remanded for eight days on Monday after being arrested as suspected people traffickers the previous day. The five suspects, aged between 19...
Two held for trafficking after boat with irregular migrants brought to shore
Two men were remanded in custody for six days by Famagusta district court on Saturday as suspected people traffickers after 17 irregular migrants were brought...
Boat with nine irregular migrants escorted to Kato Pyrgos
An inflatable boat with nine irregular migrants was spotted in the sea off Kato Pyrgos Tillirias in the early morning hours on Wednesday. According to...
