#migrants arrival

First-time applications for international protection in Cyprus rose to 210 in September, up from 135 in August and 145 in July, according to Eurostat figures published on Friday. The number of applications submitted ...

Twenty one people were arrested on Tuesday after a migrant boat arrived near the Karpas peninsula village of Vokolida, Turkish Cypriot police said. Police confirmed to the Cyprus Mail that “...

The number of unaccompanied minor migrants in Cyprus has decreased to less than 350, from about 1,100 who were the responsibility of the social welfare services before the establishment of the deputy ...

Spain said migrant crossings into its North African enclave of Ceuta had stopped overnight, as police began installing a 500-metre (1,640-foot) floating barrier on Saturday off its border with Morocco ...

The significance of the EU’s Pact on Migration and Asylum and the new Return Regulation for both the EU and Cyprus was highlighted by deputy minister for migration Nicholas ...

The government aspires to turn migration into what it said would be a “solution” in a way that would contribute to the growth of the economy and promote social cohesion, ...

Greek lawmakers voted on Friday to temporarily stop processing asylum requests from migrants arriving from North Africa by sea in a bid to reduce arrivals into Europe’s southernmost tip, ...

Twenty-one Syrians arrived by boat in Famagusta area early on Monday morning, mobilising the authorities, and one person was arrested on suspicion of trafficking migrants. According to the police, at ...

Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis on Thursday attacked claims made by United Nations High Commission for Refugees (Unhcr) spokeswoman Emilia Strovolidou over alleged pushbacks of migrant boats in Cypriot territorial waters, ...

The fence in Astromeritis-Akaki area to stop migrants crossing to the south from the north is a deathtrap for animals, the Cyprus Greens said on Thursday, demanding that it be ...

A 42-year-old man was handed an eight-day remand on Friday, accused of facilitating the illegal transportation of irregular migrants to Cyprus. The remand is related to the detection of two ...

The final count of people who were detected on three boats off Cape Greco on Tuesday was 170, police said on Wednesday morning. An initial count on Tuesday had suggested a ...

Four people suspected of transporting 114 irregular migrants from Syria to the Republic have been arrested, police said on Wednesday as officials seek measures to curb arrivals from the West-Asian country. ...

Authorities arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of aiding third country nationals enter Cyprus illegally. Police on Sunday morning spotted a boat carrying 17 migrants, including four children, off the coast ...

The arrival of irregular migrants in Kato Pyrgos is a frequent phenomenon, said the community leader Nikos Kleanthous on Tuesday after 29 migrants arrived in the village. The group of irregular ...

Police on Friday said they have arrested a second man, aged 28, on suspicion of assisting the entry of 26 irregular migrants into the Republic. The arrest concerns the arrival of 18 men, ...

A 30-year-old man suspected of people smuggling was arrested after a boat with irregular migrants arrived in Paralimni in the early hours of Sunday, police said. The boat was spotted ...