Marine police rescue 455 migrants in 2019
The marine police rescued 455 migrants in 13 different incidents in 2019, its head Theocharis Christodoulou said on Thursday. “The marine police are a specialised...
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Turkish Cypriots detain Syrian migrants
Turkish Cypriots in the north have detained 33 Syrian men who arrived in Cyprus by boat the previous day. The men, aged between 20 and...
Boat with 101 Syrians arrives in Protaras (Updated)
Cyprus brought a boat carrying 101 Syrians to shore on Tuesday, after it was spotted off Cape Greco. The boat containing six children, an infant,...
Twelve dead, 21 rescued as migrant boat sinks off Greek island
At least twelve people drowned and 21 were rescued when their boat sank off an island in western Greece on Saturday, Greek authorities said. Helicopters...
More migrants arrive from the north
Ten Syrian migrants seeking political asylum arrived in Athienou from the north on Friday night, police said on Saturday. According to authorities, the ten adults...
New group of 13 migrants picked up in Peristerona area
The arrival of 13 migrants in the Peristerona area was announced by the civil defence department on Monday. The department said the 13 migrants who...
Turkish national, 19, remanded on suspicion of people smuggling
A 19-year-old Turkish man was remanded in custody for eight days on Monday on suspicion of being part of a people smuggling ring that brought...
Two groups of migrants arrive on Sunday (update 4)
A boat with around 30 migrants was spotted off the north coast of the Akamas early on Sunday morning by the police, who led it to...
Greek police fire tear gas at migrants on island of Samos
Greek police on Thursday fired tear gas at migrants protesting against their detention and living conditions in a migrant camp on the northern Aegean island...
Suspected people smugglers deny charges
Five men held in connection with smuggling 131 migrants in November denied related charges before the Paphos criminal court on Tuesday. The migrants, mostly Syrians,...
Featured The many faces of migrants in Cyprus (video)
With Cyprus hosting an ever-increasing number of ‘third-country nationals’ – i.e. migrants from Asia and Africa – we talked to a few of them on...
Sixteen migrants found in sealed container on ferry to Ireland, all in good health
The crew of a passenger ferry travelling to Ireland from France discovered 16 migrants of Middle Eastern origin stowed aboard in a sealed trailer on Thursday, all...
Latest group of migrants all from Syria
The 120 migrants that arrived in Cyprus late on Wednesday afternoon on a boat that was first spotted in the Cape Greco are from Syria,...
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...
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...
