Two more arrests in connection to migrant boat (updated)
The Paphos district court on Sunday remanded two more people who were arrested earlier in the morning in connection with the boat that arrived in...
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Paphos police to quiz migrants over traffickers
Paphos police are carrying out an investigation in Kokkinotrimithia on Friday to find out more about who brought 131 migrants to Cyprus on Monday by...
French police clear migrant tent camps in northern Paris
French police cleared two huge migrant tent camps in northern Paris on Thursday and authorities vowed to clear other camps, a day after the government...
Third remand in alleged trafficking case
The 38-year-old man believed to be the owner of the high-speed boat used by two alleged Syrian traffickers was remanded for five days on Wednesday....
Proposal on Green Line movement to be viewed by Council of Ministers
Interior Minister Costantinos Petrides is to present a proposal to the Council of Ministers on Wednesday regarding the alteration of the Green Line regulation to...
Boat carrying 131 migrants arrives at Latchi (Update 2)
A boat carrying a total of 131 migrants was spotted in the Pomos area in the early hours of Monday According to police, five women...
Boat carrying 28 migrants brought ashore in Cape Greco (Updated)
A boat carrying 28 migrants including nine children arrived early on Thursday in Cape Greco. According to police, a police boat spotted the migrants and...
Cyprus could have 100,000 asylum seekers in just five years says minister
The number of asylum seekers in Cyprus is set to exceed 3.5 per cent of the population, Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Tuesday, adding...
Greece moves more migrants to mainland as arrivals increase
Authorities in Greece moved more asylum-seekers to the mainland on Tuesday as part of a strategy to reduce the refugee population on outlying islands after...
Migrants found in Sopaz area of Nicosia
Twenty one migrants were found in the Sopaz area of Nicosia by police early on Thursday morning. The migrants, who are believed to have entered...
Twelve migrants picked up in Peristerona
A group of twelve migrants were found walking around in Peristerona in the Nicosia district early on Wednesday. According to police, all are male Syrians....
Ministers call for adequate support for migrants
The ministers of Justice and Home Affairs of Cyprus, Greece and Bulgaria on Tuesday issued a joint document on migration pressures in the Eastern Mediterranean,...
After deadly fire, Greece plans to step up migrant deportation
Greece aims to deport 10,000 migrants by the end of next year, the government said on Monday, following a deadly fire and clashes at its...
Man, wrongly convicted in Hungary, reunited with family in Cyprus
Authorities in Cyprus have finally allowed Ahmed H, a Syrian man wrongly convicted in Hungary in a blatant misuse of terrorism-related charges, to return to...
Turkish women, children drown in boat capsize off Greek island
Seven Turkish nationals, two women and five children, drowned when a boat carrying them capsized near Greece’s Chios island on Friday, the coastguard said. The...
Migrants rescued from boat in distress off Larnaca coast (Update)
AUTHORITIES on Thursday rescued 12 people from a small boat in distress in waters southwest of the island. Around 1pm authorities issued an alert about...
Malta agrees to take 90 migrants rescued by Italian coastguard
Malta on Tuesday agreed to accept 90 migrants rescued by an Italian coastguard vessel in its search and rescue zone, defusing a stand-off with the...
Ocean Viking ship with 356 migrants on board to dock in Malta (Updated)
By Pamela Barbaglia and Stephen Jewkes The Ocean Viking ship which has been drifting in the Mediterranean for two weeks with rescued migrants on board...
Ten children aboard migrant boat arriving at Larnaca (updated)
A boat with 33 migrants, including eight infants and two children, arrived in Larnaca port on Tuesday. According to police, the naval department located the...
Spanish NGO boat seeks safe port for 124 people rescued in Mediterranean
A Spanish charity rescue boat sought safe port on Friday after Italy rejected its request to disembark 124 people saved from two migrant rafts in...
