2021 reviewed: Migrant plight was leitmotif of Pope’s visit
By Jonathan Shkurko At the end of a 2021 still marred by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Cyprus received a glimpse of hope represented by the...
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Migrants camped in Belarus warehouse still hope to get to EU
Sleeping on mattresses in a Belarusian warehouse, hundreds of Middle Eastern migrants are still clinging to the hope of a future in western Europe as...
Pournara camp, a ticking time bomb
Anger, suspicion and some sympathy – villagers say asylum camp out of control By Theo Panayides The Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers outside Kokkinotrimithia,...
First group of migrants pope promised to resettle leave for Italy
Twelve migrants out of the 50 selected to settle in Italy under the protection of Pope Francis departed on Thursday morning, the interior ministry said....
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...
West African migrants in Cyprus (video)
We spoke to asylum seekers from Sierra Leone and Guinea, tracing their journey from Pournara reception centre to their plans for the future. ...
More than 3,800 more asylum applications during October-November
Cyprus received more than 3,856 applications from asylum seekers in the months of October-November 2021, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris has said. He added that the...
Hungarian court to rule on challenge to EU law
Hungary’s Constitutional Court is expected to rule on a government motion challenging the supremacy of European Union law on Friday, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told...
First 14 of 50 asylum seekers will fly to Vatican on December 16, Nouris says
The first 14 asylum seekers residing in Cyprus, including the two stranded in the buffer zone, will be flying to the Vatican on December 16,...
Hundreds involved in fight at Pournara camp
Nicosia police were investigating on Thursday after seven people were injured in a brawl involving around 300 migrants at Pournara reception camp overnight. According to...
EC policy on instrumentalisation of migrants may not help Cyprus
The European Commission is expected to legally define the ‘instrumentalisation of migrants’, next week, though this might not help Cyprus deal with the increasing inflow...
70 per cent increase in asylum seekers over last year
A total of 10,868 asylum applications had been submitted in Cyprus from the beginning of the year until the first week of November, the interior...
Two men arrested for assisting illegal entry
Two 33-year-old men were arrested in Larnaca on suspicion of assisting the illegal entry of migrants into the republic, police said on Tuesday. The arrests...
Police pick up further 31 migrants
Thirty one adult migrants, all of Syrian origin, were found in Athienou on Monday, police said. A police patrol located 20 migrants walking on the...
Understand the plight of migrants, pope urges ahead of Cyprus visit (Video)
Ahead of his visit to Cyprus and Greece, Pope Francis said on Saturday his thoughts were with those fleeing wars and poverty who died in...
France’s Macron tells Britain to ‘get serious’ on Channel migrant crisis
French President Emmanuel Macron told Britain on Friday it needed to “get serious” or remain locked out of discussions over how to curb the flow...
France and Britain seek answers while trading blame after migrant tragedy
France and Britain sought answers on Thursday on how to deter migrants from trying to cross the sea separating them after 27 people died making...
Police turn a blind eye to traffickers, claims Phedonos
Paphos police on Tuesday declined comment on allegations made by Mayor Phedonas Phedonos about an apartment block whose tenants included a drug dealer and a...
Poland says migrants still crossing from Belarus despite steps by Minsk
Poland said on Tuesday that groups of migrants had made new attempts to cross over the border from Belarus and it would be premature to...
More coordination needed to help unaccompanied minors
The House human rights committee on Monday discussed the increasing numbers of unaccompanied minors arriving in Cyprus from warzones, and measures that should be done...
