#Irregular migration

The barbed wire placed in Cyprus’ buffer zone near the villages of Akaki, Peristerona and Astromeritis to kerb migrant flows “will be removed within January”, Migration Deputy Minister Nicholas Ioannides ...

A total of 146 individuals found to be residing in the Republic illegally were returned to their countries of origin in the past week, police said on Monday. In total, 80 people ...

Cyprus’ strategy surrounding migration is largely focused on two core points: returns and integration, Deputy Minister of Migration Nicholas Ioannides said on Saturday. In a speech to the Demographics Institute ...

Concerns were raised in the House legal committee on Wednesday over the looming end of the fixed term contracts signed by police officers who patrol the Republic’s side of ...

Human Rights Watch on Wednesday called on the EU to hold Cyprus accountable for its treatment of migrants, as it documented cases of beatings, pushbacks and excessive force as migrants ...

A total of 6,800 who were residing illegally in Cyprus have been deported or repatriated so far in 2024 as part of efforts to return third-country nationals to their countries of origin, ...

The government is being sued for migrant pushbacks over the dozens of asylum seekers still stranded in the buffer zone, while the deputy migration minister remained defiant on Wednesday saying ...

Cyprus will be ready to deal with an influx of migrants should the situation in the Middle East worsen, deputy minister of migration Nicholas Ioannides said on Wednesday, as the ...

A 33-year-old Syrian mother of six was arrested in the north in the early hours of Tuesday morning, it emerged on Wednesday, after attempting to travel to the Republic of ...

Cyprus is among eight countries that have asked the EU to rethink its strategy on migrants from Syria, in a letter seen by the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) on Monday. ...

Hundreds of people have been repatriated after they were found to be living illegally in the Republic of Cyprus, it was reported on Saturday. According to a police announcement, 201 people ...

The Cypriot government on Monday raised the alarm over apparent links between universities in the north and people smuggling. The interior and education ministries filed a joint complaint to the ...

By Barbara Erling, Kuba Stezycki and Kacper Pempel Surrounded by lush forests, a dozen people huddled near a razor-tipped fence along the Belarus border, waiting for a chance to scale ...

The blazing heat in Cyprus has increased concerns over the health and safety of a number of migrants stranded in the buffer zone for days, the UN warned on Wednesday, ...

The Cyprus government ‘doesn’t have a leg to stand on’ by leaving migrants stranded in the UN buffer zone for close to a week, sources close to the matter ...

The Swiss government on Wednesday announced it had gifted Cyprus CHF1.05 million (€1.1m) for the construction of a voluntary return centre for migrants. The centre will be operated by the ...

Nicosia police arrested a 38-year-old man suspected to have smuggled two people into the country on Thursday. The arrest, conducted in the early morning hours, also concerned the 21-year-old man ...

Five migrant boats attempting to reach Cyprus from Lebanon were pushed back to unknown destinations, it emerged on Wednesday. The pushbacks drew controversy, as the treatment of the migrants on ...

Two port police boats have been sent from Cyprus to patrol off the coast of Lebanon for migrant boats after the arrival of two boats a day ago. The two ...

Two other local actions are under discussion in tandem with the government’s decision to suspend processing of Syrian migrants’ automatic refugee status, it emerged on Tuesday. These include stepped-up ...

Two people were remanded in custody by the Larnaca district court on Tuesday for assisting illegal migration into the country. The two concern a 16-year-old and a 44-year-old man, remanded ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday welcomed the new pact among EU states dealing with migrants and asylum seekers, calling it “a step in the right direction” as political parties here ...

The redesign of the European Union’s migration system is a “step in the right direction”, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Thursday. In a post on X, he said ...

Cyprus’ initiative to re-evaluate the status of specific areas in Syria was discussed at length on Wednesday during a meeting between Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou and his Danish counterpart Kaare ...