#migrants

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has written to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz telling him she learned with “astonishment” of a German government initiative to finance migrant charity groups operating in ...

Immigrants who maintain close links with Turkey are reportedly on a list of monitored foreign nationals confirmed by police, it emerged on Monday. Police confirmed reports on Sunday that security ...

Pope Francis was moved as he was shown a picture of a migrant child by Reuters photographer Yara Nardi during his flight to a Church conference on Mediterranean issues in ...

Ten irregular immigrants from Syria were picked up by an Italian frigate off the coast of Cyprus and were later transferred to Pournara late on Thursday. The ten were picked ...

International human trafficking “is a global phenomenon which requires our immediate attention”, Justice Minister Anna Procopiou said on Tuesday. Speaking at the CrimEx and EMJnet meeting of the Euro-Mediterranean justice ...

After the racist attacks seen on the island recently, Iole Damaskinos speaks to one Syrian family who feel welcomed Life as a displaced person has never been easy for 41-year-old ...

The owner of the condemned apartment building in Chlorakas, from where dozens of migrants and refugees were evicted last month, on Friday said they were only trying to shelter the ...

A couple of weeks after the violent anti-migrant protest, we asked a selection of people on the streets of Nicosia for their views on the migrant issue.

A total of 118 migrants arrived in Ayia Napa on Wednesday morning, the police said, after which they were taken to safety at the Pournara reception centre in Kokkinotrimithia. According to ...

Tens of thousands of people from Cyprus emigrated to Australia. A new book details their journey to becoming local citizens Covering the journey taken by over 80,000 Cypriots to Australia, Professor ...

Thousands of people took part in a peaceful march in central Nicosia on Sunday night in support of migrants in the country. Starting from Eleftheria Square at 6pm, demonstrators marched ...

The aftermath of recent racist attacks have left some foreign workers living in fear The racist attacks which hit at the heart of Limassol with fire and fear, have left ...

I am a civil society actor living in Cyprus as an Asylum Seeker. I strongly condemn the recent violent attacks against asylum seekers and refugees by some Cypriots. We have ...

‘The government has no legal or constitutional obligation to help them’ A week after the violent incidents that reaped destruction across Limassol’s migrant community in a racist-fuelled attack, those ...

The interior ministry has registered 240 individuals at the Ayios Nikolaos apartment complex in Chlorakas, of which two were found to in Cyprus illegally, a migration department official said on Thursday. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday said he had “nothing to say” when asked if Cyprus’ police chief and justice minister had tendered their resignations, following widespread condemnation for police inaction ...

The government is working to highlight Cyprus as an unattractive destination for migration, ministers told the ad hoc House committee on demographics on Tuesday. Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said within ...

An anti-migrant protest set to take place outside the presidential palace on Wednesday was cancelled on Tuesday with organisers saying an “out of control” situation would have sent the wrong ...

The Cyprus economy would collapse if it weren’t for migrant workers, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Monday as they comprise nearly a quarter of the workforce. A total ...

The migration crisis in Cyprus is a “serious numbers issue”, an interior ministry official said on Friday, as the government prepares to set up a special action team to help ...

Further arrests have followed rioting in Chlorakas between Greek Cypriot far-right assailants and migrants, who had their homes, businesses and cars destroyed in two days of clashes. On Wednesday morning ...

Cyprus’ two largest political parties on Tuesday further condemned the violence in Chlorakas after a second night of clashes between Greek Cypriots and migrants, as Akel argued the government has ...

The majority of the migrants registered to have been living at the infamous Ayios Nikolaos development in Chlorakas, Paphos are legally residing in the Republic of Cyprus, press spokesman for ...

A new wave of protests began in Chlorakas on Monday night with groups of people chanting “get out” as part of a fresh attack against migrants living in the area. ...