#undocumented migrants

A 17-year-old was remanded for eight days on Tuesday to facilitate investigations into the arrival of a boat transporting 18 irregular migrants from Syria the previous night. The boat was spotted 10 ...

Police arrested a 36-year-old man, suspected of captaining a boat with 26 persons on board that arrived off the coast of Famagusta, authorities said on Thursday. The boat was intercepted by ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 38-year-old man to facilitate investigation into a case involving the transportation of illegal immigrants. According to a statement by police, around 6 pm on Tuesday authorities ...

Twelve illegal immigrants were arrested by Turkish Cypriot police in the village of Kazivera west of Morphou, among them an 11-year-old child, reports said on Friday. The reports said that ...

Α 19-year-old man has been remanded on suspicion of assisting the illegal entry of Syrian migrants into the Republic, police said on Monday. A vessel with 12 men, two women and six ...

Eight out of the 21 people arrested for illegally residing on the island during a nationwide sweep over the weekend were found in Paphos, police said on Monday. During the operation ...

The government facilitated 1,172 returns of people to their country of origin in January, according to Interior Minister Nicos Nouris. The 1,172 returns is a huge boost of 469 per cent compared to ...

Four migrants, including three children, died after their boat sank off the island of Leros in the southeastern Aegean Sea on Sunday, the Greek coast guard said. The coast guard ...

Cyprus has repatriated close to 7,000 migrants during 2022 and is a model within the EU for such returns, according to Interior Minister Nicos Nouris. According to figures from the European Border ...

The 300 contract officers’ posts for the policing of the buffer zone to stem illegal migration have not been filled yet and the deadline has been extended, police spokesman Christos Andreou ...

A 46-year-old man is the second to be arrested on suspicion of assisting irregular migrants enter the country illegally, after a boat arrived last Friday with 17 men onboard. The police ...

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 security guards and destroyed equipment. ...

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 investigating the possibility of the ...

A 28-year-old man was jailed for 12 months on Tuesday after he was found guilty of assisting the illegal entry of third country nationals into the Republic. Famagusta district court sentenced ...

Police arrested seven people during an illegal migration raid on a house in Limassol, authorities announced on Friday. According to police, from 6pm to 9pm on Thursday they conducted a ...

A 26-year-old was arrested on Thursday evening in connection with a case of assisting third-country nationals to illegally enter the Republic At around 9pm a police patrol spotted a man ...

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 in immigrant returns relative to its population, ...

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 migrants, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris ...

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 development on occurred on Wednesday night ...

Three third country nationals, aged 42, 20 and 37, were on Tuesday remanded in police custody for seven days for illegal entry into Cyprus and also for assisting others to do the same, ...

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 International Organisation for Migration (IOM). ...

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 Lara, Paphos. He was one ...

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 and 38, were arrested in the Famagusta ...

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 to shore at Cape Greco and ...