#migrants

A 40-year-old man found guilty of people smuggling migrants to Cyprus was sentenced to a year-and-a-half in jail by the Larnaca criminal court on Tuesday. The decision was made six ...

Two men have been jailed for almost two years on human trafficking charges, the police announced on Friday. The Larnaca-Famagusta criminal court ruled the two men, 37 and 35, were guilty on ...

A 24-year-old man was sentenced to two and a half years in prison by the Larnaca criminal court on Monday, after finding him guilty of aiding the illegal migration of ...

Three people drowned and more than a dozen were believed to be missing in the second migrant shipwreck off Greece this week, authorities said on Tuesday. The coast guard said 19 ...

By Sebnem Eroglu Many people migrate to another country to earn a decent income and to attain a better standard of living. But my recent research shows that across all ...

2022 in review: more migrants are coming than are being processed or sent back and authorities can’t keep up Migration is a polarising topic, although it’s probably fair to ...

The interior ministry on Monday sent 48 international protection seekers from Cyprus to Germany, as part of a pilot programme on voluntary relocation. The ministry said these were the first of ...

Police have arrested a 46-year-old man after a further 18 irregular migrants were picked up in Cape Greco shortly after midnight on Sunday morning. According to police, shortly after midnight eight ...

At least four people were killed when a small boat loaded with migrants heading for British shores from France capsized in the freezing waters of the English Channel early on ...

A charity-run rescue boat carrying 33 migrants was allowed to dock and disembark on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa early Friday, while two more NGO vessels with more than 500 people ...

Authorities on Sunday said 13 migrants had been rescued from a boat off the coast of Cape Greco, which included three minors. The boat’s 24-year-old driver was arrested and remanded ...

EU agency tasked with border control has high praise for Cyprus’ rate of returning failed asylum seekers While Cyprus has been criticised for its treatment of migrants, it has been ...

Police arrested a second person following the arrival of a boat with illegal passengers off the coast of Famagusta on Saturday. He is reportedly a minor, but authorities are yet ...

A little over a third of the interior ministry’s budget for 2023 will go to development projects, as the administration works to push through a number of reforms, including in ...

A 24-year-old man was remanded in police custody on Sunday after a boat carrying 18 irregular migrants landed in the Famagusta area. A police statement said the boat arrived at about 12 ...

Cyprus, Italy, Greece and Malta on Saturday jointly criticised EU member states for not sharing the responsibility of hosting migrants, saying the four countries collectively are “bearing the heaviest burden ...

A 37-year-old man was been jailed for three and a half years on Tuesday for assisting the illegal entry of irregular migrants into the republic. He was arrested on July 30 ...

Police in a Twitter post on Tuesday said 70 arrest warrants were issued on Monday in connection to the incidents at Pournara migrant reception centre last Friday (October 28). Clashes broke out ...

Police cannot be everywhere, head of the police branch of Isotita union Nicos Loizides said on Monday after Friday’s incidents at the Pournara migrant reception centre, which have so ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris will on Monday sign an agreement in Switzerland, with the latter providing a financial contribution of €10 million to Cyprus for the management of migration flows. The ...

Police on Sunday arrested one person in connection to Friday’s incidents at the Pournara migrant reception centre, to facilitate authorities with their investigations. Four more arrest warrants are pending, ...

Clashes broke out and fires were lit at an overcrowded reception centre for migrants in Cyprus on Friday, police and witnesses said, necessitating authorities to break up the fighting with ...

Five police officers were lightly injured after a fight broke out with five migrants out at the migration office in Paphos. The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon after the five ...

Famagusta district court on Friday approved a seven-day remand for a 26-year-old man arrested in connection with the illegal transportation of migrants. According to police, he is allegedly the operator ...