Twenty-one Syrians arrive at Cape Greco
A boat carrying 21 people from Syria arrived at Cape Greco on Wednesday afternoon and are due to be taken to the Pournara reception centre....
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Divided Europe seeks to overhaul defunct migration policies
The European Union’s executive proposed on Wednesday overhauling the bloc’s broken migration and asylum rules, seeking to end years of feuds and bitterness over the...
World becoming less tolerant of migrants
The world is becoming less tolerant of migrants, according to a poll released on Wednesday as Europe prepared to unveil a new asylum plan in...
European Commission to unveil ‘cash-for-refugees’ plan
German’s Angela Merkel embarks this week on her third bold attempt to reshape European migration, but she faces an uphill task convincing other EU leaders...
84 migrants voluntarily returned home
Eighty four migrants voluntarily returned to their countries from Cyprus on Friday, the UN’s International Organization for Migration announced on Sunday. Of these 21 were...
‘They should have let us die in the water’: desperate Lebanese migrants sent back
For years, small boats have left northern Lebanon’s coast, packed with desperate migrants hoping to reach European shores. Until recently, they carried mostly Syrian and...
Lebanese tell of lives lost trying to make it to Cyprus
While two people were arrested for bringing third country nationals illegally into Cyprus on Wednesday, and many on the island worry about the increasing inflow...
Two arrested as nine migrants arrive in Cape Greco
Two men aged 50 and 53 were remanded on Thursday for eight days for allegedly assisting migrants to arrive in Cyprus. They were arrested on...
Greece struggles to bring migrants into temporary camp after fire
Greek authorities were still struggling on Wednesday to move thousands of migrants sleeping rough into a temporary camp, a week after the overcrowded Moria migrant...
Greek PM says time for European solidarity to be expressed in practice
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday that Europe needs to show practical solidarity with Greece on the migration issue. “It’s time for Europe’s...
Days of terror spent at sea
A Lebanese migrant’s failed attempt to start a new life in Cyprus By George Eid, Middle East Correspondent For the dozens of Lebanese men, women...
Greek police fire teargas at migrants on Lesbos (Update 1)
Greek police fired teargas on Saturday during a protest by angry migrants left homeless by a blaze at Europe’s largest refugee centre, who demanded to...
Twelve migrants picked up in Mammari
Twelve people, 11 men and a woman, entered the village of Mammari illegally late Friday. A police spokesman told CNA that the 12 people, who...
Group of Syrian migrants sent back to Lebanon, report Cyprus to ECHR
A group of migrants sent back to Lebanon on Tuesday have filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights against the Republic of...
Our View: Hard not to sympathise with Lebanese and Cyprus government for turning them away
It is impossible not to feel sympathy for the desperate Lebanese, leaving their economically devastated country and boarding boats that would bring them to Cyprus,...
Support services for children with migrant background in Nicosia
A specialised social services programme for children of migrant backgrounds is set to begin in the 2020-21 academic year, offering opportunities for both the children...
Cyprus to discuss with Lebanon surge in migrant arrivals (update 3)
By Evie Andreou and Peter Michael Cyprus will send a team to Beirut in the next two days to consult with officials, Interior Minister Nicos...
Arrests after arrival of migrant group, another one sent back
Thirty-three migrants who arrived off Limassol on Saturday afternoon were sent early on Sunday back to Lebanon which is where most of them come from....
Migrants land in Kapparis area (updated)
A boat with 51 migrants arrived on Saturday morning in the Kapparis area in Famagusta. The boat landed at around 11am in the buffer zone...
Fifty two migrants picked up off Larnaca taken to Pournara
Fifty-two irregular migrants were on Thursday brought to the Pournara reception centre after being earlier picked up by police off the coast of Larnaca. The...
