Posts tagged with "Kofinou"

Iraqi refugees protest outside labour ministry, want to be moved to Kofinou Cyprus

Iraqi refugees protest outside labour ministry, want to be moved to Kofinou

October 12th, 2018 By Lizzy Ioannidou A group of 60 Iraqi refugees have gathered outside the labour ministry all week, protesting their inability to find a home, or job, or being able to send their children to school, requesting they be sent to live at the Kofinou reception centre. The labour ministry told the Cyprus Mail that provisions for the...
Asylum seeker arrested at Kofinou after knife threat Cyprus

Asylum seeker arrested at Kofinou after knife threat

August 31st, 2018 A 51-year-old asylum seeker was transferred to Nicosia central prisons on Friday after he was arrested at the Kofinou reception centre the day before for drawing a knife on a guard of the centre. The Larnaca district court on Friday ordered that the 51-year-old remain in the Nicosia central prisons until November 5 when the case...
Call for second asylum seeker reception centre Cyprus

Call for second asylum seeker reception centre

July 11th, 2018 The interior ministry has stressed the need to create a second reception centre to cater to the increasing influx of those seeking international protection, an EU commissioner said on Tuesday. Responding to a letter from Edek MEP Demetris Papadakis who described the current living conditions at Kofinou reception centre as vile, the EU...
Housing the main issue for asylum-seekers in Cyprus, study shows Cyprus

Housing the main issue for asylum-seekers in Cyprus, study shows

May 24th, 2018 Housing is a major problem for asylum seekers in Cyprus, and some of them, even families with children, may remain homeless for some time, a study commissioned by UNHCR Cyprus and conducted by the University of Nicosia has shown. The study was presented by Associate Professor of Social Work Stefanos Spaneas on Thursday.  According to...
Number of asylum seekers in Cyprus continues to rise markedly, UNHCR says Cyprus

Number of asylum seekers in Cyprus continues to rise markedly, UNHCR says

May 23rd, 2018 The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Cyprus is in contact with Syrian refugees who been in touch with their office fearing that some of the eight bodies washed up in the north last week may have been relatives or friends. A UNHCR report said the tragedy underlines the vital importance of rescuing lives at sea and the need...
Kisa head says he has ‘nothing to hide’ Cyprus

Kisa head says he has ‘nothing to hide’

April 17th, 2018 Head of the migrant support group Kisa Doros Polycarpou said on Tuesday he intends to sue Disy MP Andreas Kyprianou unless the latter publically retracts comments he made during a session of the House interior affairs committee on Monday. At the committee, Kyprianou said that Polycarpou and his wife – a human rights lawyer – are...
News podcast: appalling conditions at the Kofinou Reception Centre Cyprus

News podcast: appalling conditions at the Kofinou Reception Centre

March 9th, 2018 The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in international and local news – in audio form. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this week: We discuss the appalling conditions at the Kofinou Reception Centre with the Chair of the House Human...
Third suspect remanded after Kofinou fracas Cyprus

Third suspect remanded after Kofinou fracas

February 18th, 2018 The Larnaca District Court today on Sunday issued a five-day detention order against a 25-year-old from Eritrea into alleged cases of conspiracy to commit a felony and malicious damage at the Kofinou reception centre for asylum seekers on Friday night. Two other Eritreans, aged 24 and 25, were remanded for six days on Saturday in...
Asylum seekers set fires, cause ruckus at Kofinou, two remanded (Update2 ) Cyprus

Asylum seekers set fires, cause ruckus at Kofinou, two remanded (Update2 )

February 17th, 2018 Two men, aged 24 and 25, from Eritrea were remanded in custody for six days on Saturday after riots broke out at an asylum reception centre in Kofinou during which rubbish bins were torched and installations damaged. The court heard the two suspects and another man, also from Eritrea, started protesting on Friday night at 9.30pm...
Kofinou: feeling far removed from Europe   Cyprus

Kofinou: feeling far removed from Europe  

February 11th, 2018 Over the past several years, migrant support group Kisa and the Unhcr have put extensive pressure on the Cypriot authorities to raise the quality of life at the Kofinou reception centre for asylum seekers. Little seems to have improved however. Benjamin Rawlings left his comfort zone to check it out   By Benjamin...
Larnaca fires likely arson Crime

Larnaca fires likely arson

February 1st, 2018 An abandoned house on the Anglisides-Alethriko road and four cars in Larnaca were destroyed by fires overnight which were likely caused by arson. At around 3.30am on Thursday two cars belonging to a woman and her son, one worth €3,000 and the other €1,000 which were parked on the ground floor of their house in Larnaca, were...
European asylum chief on visit to Cyprus Cyprus

European asylum chief on visit to Cyprus

September 20th, 2017 The Executive Director of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO), José Carreira, was in Cyprus on Wednesday in the framework of the agency’s ongoing efforts provide support. Carreira discussed EASO’s operational support with Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides and with the Head of the Cyprus’ Asylum Service and Acting...
Cannabis remand (updated) News in Brief

Cannabis remand (updated)

July 11th, 2017 A 37-year-old man from Kofinou, Larnaca was remanded for eight days by the Larnaca District Court on Tuesday after police found 125 grammes of cannabis in his house on Monday night. The cannabis was located during a search of the man’s house, packed in seven plastic bags. A precision scale was also found. The suspect reportedly...
Man hospitalised after being hit by drunk driver Cyprus

Man hospitalised after being hit by drunk driver

June 26th, 2017 A man was hospitalised on Sunday evening after being hit by a car driven by a drunk woman on the road from Kofinou to Kornos. The accident occurred when the woman, a 21-year-old resident of Tseri, tried to overtake the man’s car and collided with it at around 9.10pm. A breathalyser test for the woman gave a 59μg reading while...
Kisa financial appeal for talented migrant athlete   Cyprus

Kisa financial appeal for talented migrant athlete  

May 22nd, 2017 Kisa migrant and refugee centre is asking the public to support a 17-year-old refugee whose dream it is to train as a middle-distance runner. The young man who lives at the Kofinou reception centre would need to move to Nicosia in order to train with the Pancyprian Gymnastic Association at their stadium in Nicosia, who taking into...
Wanted: bikes for teenage asylum-seekers Cyprus

Wanted: bikes for teenage asylum-seekers

May 15th, 2017 The Cyprus Cycling Federation said on Monday it had collected 42 bicycles for young children at the Kofinou asylum-seekers’ reception centre but need more for teenagers. The initiative was started by a volunteer, Natasa Georgiou, and has been carried out in close cooperation with the asylum services. The bicycles will be...
‘Life of refugees in Cyprus’ series launched by Unhcr Cyprus

‘Life of refugees in Cyprus’ series launched by Unhcr

May 9th, 2017 The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Unhcr) in Cyprus announced on Tuesday they were launching a series of stories about asylum seekers living on the island to shed light on their daily lives and the problems they face. Through this series of stories, to be posted regularly on the Unhcr’s social media...
Education minister visits children at Kofinou asylum centre Education

Education minister visits children at Kofinou asylum centre

April 18th, 2017 Education Minister Costas Kadis on Tuesday visited the reception centre for asylum seekers in Kofinou where he gave children chocolate eggs and discussed ways of ensuring their smooth integration into the education system. Kadis, according to an announcement, accompanied by the Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner...
Police investigate bomb hoax at Kofinou venue Crime

Police investigate bomb hoax at Kofinou venue

March 5th, 2017 Police are investigating a bomb hoax at a venue in Kofinou on Saturday night, they said. The venue, where a Russian entertainer was performing was checked by police after the anonymous call and the show went ahead after nothing was found. A phone call had been received by Nicosia police at around 8pm saying there were three bomb...
News podcast: School reforms; plans to improve cancer care Cyprus

News podcast: School reforms; plans to improve cancer care

February 17th, 2017  The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in international and local news – in audio form. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this week: Cyprus' Health Minister outlines plans to improve cancer care; The Minister of Education talks about...
News podcast: asylum applications and problems at Kofinou Cyprus

News podcast: asylum applications and problems at Kofinou

November 18th, 2016 The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in international and local news – in audio form. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this week: Authentic Italian cuisine comes to Cyprus We talk at length to the Head of the Asylum Service...
Palestinian asylum seekers want answers Cyprus

Palestinian asylum seekers want answers

October 19th, 2016 Twenty-five or so Palestinian asylums seekers who had their initial applications rejected and are waiting for responses to their appeals sat inside the main gates of the interior ministry on Wednesday demanding to see the minister. “We arrived on two boats about a year ago,” Khalid Jaber told the Cyprus Mail. “Some of our group...
Five arrested in migrant boat landing (Update 3) Cyprus

Five arrested in migrant boat landing (Update 3)

August 3rd, 2016 Following a tip-off early Wednesday that a group of migrants in a boat had landed illegally in Cyprus at Pigenia near Kato Pyrgos, police rushed to the scene, apprehending nine men trying to hide themselves. Police believe the boat that brought the migrants to Cyprus from Mersin, Turkey was guided in by one of the nine. The men are...
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