Nearby residents hold protest at Pournara
People who live near Pournara refugee reception centre protested on Saturday, demanding the state limit the number of migrants there to 600 and improve their...
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Firefighters battling new fire Kokkinotrimithia area
Firefighters were battling a fire in the Kokkinotrimithia area outside Nicosia, which broke out at around 12pm on Friday. Six engines and one aircraft were...
Collection launched to ease shortages at Pournara
The People’s Social Solidarity Network, founded to help those people with financial difficulties, on Wednesday announced a campaign to collect personal hygiene items for refugees...
‘Many migrants at Pournara should have already been moved’ operations manager says
There are four times as many migrants at the Pournara camp than there were this time last year and some should have already been transferred...
Pournara staff doing all they can to contain scabies outbreak, minister says
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said Thursday workers at Pournara camp were doing everything they could to contain a scabies outbreak at the facility, amid criticism...
Scabies outbreak at migrant centre (updated)
The cabinet on Tuesday declared the migrant centre in Kokkinotrimithia as an infectious area after a scabies outbreak was detected. In a brief statement, the...
Greens complain of pollution affecting Nicosia river
The Cyprus Greens have said on Saturday pollution of the Ovgos river in the Kokkinptrimithia – Paliometocho area from pig sewage is unacceptable, releasing images...
Ombudswoman says government complying with her recommendations on Pournara camp
Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottidou said on Wednesday the interior ministry is complying with her recommendations aimed at limiting the spread of Covid-19 at the Pournara refugee...
Coronavirus: ombudswoman lauded by international organisation for Covid-19 recommendations
Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides was praised on Friday by the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) on Friday for her recommendations on preventing the spread of coronavirus in...
Coronavirus: ombudswoman calls on govt to improve condition for migrants
Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides called on the interior ministry on Thursday to improve conditions at two migrant reception centres, which she had inspected earlier this...
