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
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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
News podcast: Migrants in Cyprus, are they treated fairly?
The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international
Zygi accused of racism over young migrant centre protest
The Pancyprian Peace Council (PPC) condemned on Friday what it described as the outbreak of racism and xenophobia displayed by Zygi residents opposed to the
Central American migrants trek north to seek a better life
Cradling a baby in his arms, the Central American man looks up fearfully as he scrambles away from a wall of Mexican police in riot
New group of refugees lands in Limnitis (Updated)
A new group of Syrian refugees who arrived on the beach at Limnitis on Wednesday morning were transferred later in the day to the Kokkinotrimithia
Outraged Zygi residents halt work on unaccompanied minors centre
Residents of Zygi and nearby villages obstructed workers from the department of public works from conducting a record of the buildings located in an abandoned