Syrians arriving in the north were sent back to Turkey
Fifty-one Syrians, including a pregnant woman and four children, were sent back to Turkey after arriving in the breakaway north around a month ago, Turkish
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Bombed Tripoli migrant detention centre being emptied
A migrant detention centre in Tripoli, hit by a deadly air strike last week, is being gradually emptied following a decision by Libyan authorities to release
Migrant situation becoming ‘impossible to deal with’
A total of 3,060 migrants have crossed from the occupied areas into the republic so far this year asking for political asylum, Interior Minister Constantinos
Seven drown after migrant boat overturns off Greek island of Lesbos
Two children, four women and a man drowned when a boat carrying them overturned off the Greek island of Lesbos on Tuesday, the coast guard
Nine migrants arrive by boat (updated)
Nine adult migrants arrived in Cyprus by boat on Tuesday and have been taken to a reception centre outside Nicosia, police said. The boat was
More migrants picked up off Cape Greco
The joint rescue coordination centre (JRCC) on Sunday rescued fourteen migrants who were adrift in a boat south of Cape Greco. At 3.58pm, the JRCC
Ten migrants found off Cape Greco
A boat with 10 migrants was found in the sea off the coast of Cape Greco near Protaras and towed to shore on Thursday evening.
More migrants arrive from the north
Two groups totalling 37 migrants arrived from the north on Monday evening in Nicosia and the Morphou area, police said. Nineteen were spotted when they were
Remand for suspected people smuggler after 46 migrants picked up (Updated)
The Nicosia District court on Thursday remanded for eight days, a Turkish man arrested in connection with bringing 46 Syrian immigrants into the republic on
Three arrested in the north for people smuggling – reports
Authorities in the north have arrested three men, a Turkish national and two Turkish Cypriots, suspected of smuggling Syrian refugees arriving from Turkey to the
Malta’s army takes control of small tanker hijacked by migrants
VALLETTA, March 28 (Reuters) – Maltese soldiers have taken control of a small tanker that was hijacked by migrants it had rescued off Libya, the
Cypriots back supporting refugees but not giving citizenship
The majority of Greek and Turkish Cypriots are in favour of supporting refugees in Cyprus but are reluctant when it comes to granting Cypriot citizenship
13 Syrian migrants found in Oroklini
Thirteen migrants from Syria were picked up shortly after midnight in Oroklini, where they had travelled to from the north. The men reported to police
Thirty-one migrants picked up in Kato Pyrgos
A group of 31 Syrian migrants were picked up near Kato Pyrgos late Monday. Despite the bad weather, their vessel had docked in occupied Limnitis
Thirty-seven refugees picked up in Kato Pyrgos
Thirty-seven refugees, 35 men and two underage girls, were picked up by police in Kato Pyrgos in the early hours of Sunday, state radio reported.
Girl dies after being detained by U.S. Border Patrol
A 7-year-old girl from Guatemala died of dehydration and shock hours after she was taken into U.S. Border Patrol custody, the Washington Post reported on
Justice minister highlights improvements in human rights
Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou on Monday praised the progress Cyprus has made in terms of human rights in recent years by pointing to what he
Forty migrants picked up in Kato Pyrgos
Forty migrants, 38 men, a woman and a child, who arrived in Cyprus late Saturday have been taken to the Kokkinotrimithia centre in Nicosia. Police
Police find latest migrant boat, abandoned (updated)
After launching a search, the police on Sunday morning announced they had found a boat believed to be the one that brought eight Syrian men,
Mexico to deport migrants who ‘violently’ tried to cross the U.S. Border
Mexico will deport migrants from a group of 500 who on Sunday tried to “violently” and “illegally” cross the U.S. border, the Mexican Interior Ministry