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A man has been arrested after appearing to be the pilot of a boat that brought a further 32 migrants to the island on Saturday, The boat arrived early on Saturday ...

Police on Saturday refuted claims of abuse against Bangladeshi nationals, after growing criticism on the way it carried out the raid in Limassol, that led to the death of Anisur ...

Two boats with a total of 141 migrants spotted on Friday night off Cape Greco by the port police landed on Saturday and the migrants onboard were taken to Pournara. The ...

Hundreds of protestors gathered in Limassol on Saturday slamming racism outside the apartment where Bangladeshi national Anis Rahman jumped to his death to escape a police raid. Riot officers were ...

Officers from the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) are attempting to help a migrant boat spotted off the cost of Cape Greco, authorities said on Friday. The boat was spotted ...

Members of the public launched a petition calling for an end to racial discrimination against Cyprus’ migrant community, it emerged on Thursday. “No one should live in fear because they ...

The Honourary Consulate of Bangladesh in Cyprus on Wednesday described the death of 23-year-old Bangladeshi national “tragic” after he fell to his death from his apartment balcony. Police knocked on ...

Greece has recovered the bodies of three minors and rescued 19 migrants after their dinghy hit rocks at the island of Chios in the Aegean Sea near Turkey, the coastguard said ...

Police seek out landlord, dangerous apartment crammed with 11 people rented for €2,000 A 23-year-old man fell to his death on Wednesday, after he jumped out of a fifth-floor apartment to get ...

President Nikos Christodoulides’ impromptu visit to Lebanon on Monday appears to have been dictated more by the need to be seen to be doing something about the increased flow of ...

Cyprus’ proximity to regions experiencing long-term political crises and military conflicts leaves no room for complacency over handling migration, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday. In a speech at ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Monday discussed ways to improve the effective management of migratory flows from Lebanon to Cyprus during a meeting in ...

Dozens of police officers were involved in an operation aimed at identifying illegal migrants in Chlorakas on Sunday. Officers began searching people’s homes starting at 6am and efforts lasted ...

Eight people died in southern Albania on Tuesday when a car carrying suspected migrants swerved off a mountain road into a ravine, police said. The car fell on the rocky ...

By Jonathan Shkurko and Tom Cleaver A total of 137 irregular migrants arrived in Cyprus by sea on Monday, bringing the number of arrivals up to 408 in the space of 24 hours. ...

An action plan with dozens of measures to help third-country nationals legally residing in Cyprus integrate into the labour market and economy has been prepared, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou. Ioannou ...

Over 2,000 people living in Cyprus illegally were deported or repatriated this year, police said on Sunday. The statistics span from the beginning of 2024 up until March 8. Specifically 2,247 migrants were deported ...

The search for the body of a six-year-old child reportedly thrown into the sea from a boat carrying irregular migrants to Cyprus was called off on Monday lunchtime, the Joint ...

In 2023, Cyprus received one asylum application per 78 inhabitants, figures released on Wednesday show. This figure means Cyprus receives far more applications per head than anywhere else in Europe. According to ...

Three migrant boats arrived over the past two days in Cyprus, with almost 200 people arriving on the island, police said on Monday. According to police, the first instance on Sunday ...

Cyprus is dealing “at a political level” with Lebanon’s refusal to accept 116 Syrian migrants, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday. He did not give a clear answer to ...

Authorities on Saturday said 117 migrants were found off Cyprus’ shores, after two boats were spotted by marine police. Another 27 were later found wandering in a Larnaca village. All migrants have ...

Two boats carrying a total of 41 irregular migrants arrived in Cyprus on Thursday evening. The boats were spotted on the police’s radar around 12 nautical miles southeast of Cape Greco ...

Cyprus is among the ten most xenophobic countries, a study released by the University of Cyprus Centre for Field Studies (UCFS) on Wednesday revealed. Compiled by Dr Harris Psaltis, the ...