#migration

Migration and asylum services director Andreas Georgiades on Friday responded to concerns raised by the advocacy group Syrians in Cyprus over how Cypriot authorities are handling international protection applications from ...

The number of asylum applications in Cyprus have plummeted to 6,750 in 2024, compared to 11,660 in 2023, marking a staggering 42 per cent decline, according to the annual Asylum and Migration Overview of the ...

The United Kingdom and France on Thursday night finalised a deal wherein the UK will begin to return irregular migrants who had crossed the English Channel back to France, despite ...

Law commissioner Louiza Christodoulou Zannetou on Friday handed over to Migration deputy minister Nicholas Ioannides a draft bill on the modernisation of the refugee law of 2000, which is said to ...

Dr Louisa Borg Haviaras Recently President Nikos Christodoulides was in London to launch the ‘Minds in Cyprus’ initiative, with the aim of bringing talented Cypriots back to their country.   This ...

Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders’ PVV party left the governing coalition on Tuesday, in a move that is set to topple the right wing government and will likely lead to ...

Police are increasing efforts to stop illegal migration, after new reports showed that people are leaving Lebanon and heading to Cyprus in search of work. The aliens and immigration service ...

The European Union executive on Tuesday proposed amending EU law to allow member states to deport rejected asylum seekers to countries with which they have no connection, a move rights ...

The significantly reduced irregular flows and high rates of migrant returns confirm that the state’s policy is correct, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday night. Speaking at a ceremony ...

“Just over 750” people have filed asylum claims in Cyprus in the first three months of the year, Migration Deputy Minister Nicholas Ioannides said on Sunday. At the same time, he ...

The US agency responsible for unaccompanied migrant minors will be allowed to share sponsors’ immigration status with law enforcement agencies under a regulatory change, a move critics say could discourage ...

The issue of migrant returns will be high on Cyprus’ agenda when the island assumes the presidency of the EU Council in the first half of 2026, deputy minister for migration ...

More than 900 Syrians have withdrawn their asylum applications over the last month, the government said on Monday. In a post on X, Deputy Minister of Migration Nicholas Ioannides said that ...

House president Annita Demetriou expressed her commitment to deepening collaboration with Spain during a meeting on Monday with the Spanish congress president, Francina Armengol Socias. The Spanish delegation, which includes ...

Over 300,000 migrants crossed the Darien Gap into Panama in 2024, 42% fewer than the record number who made the perilous jungle crossing from South America a year earlier, Panama’s migration authorities ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday called for an orderly political transition in Syria in the wake of rebels seizing Damascus and ousting President Bashar al-Assad after 13 years of civil war ...

Mexico is seeking an agreement with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to ensure Mexico does not receive deportees from third countries in case of large-scale deportations from the United States, ...

Migration should be handled centrally by the EU, while all member states should be supported and cooperate so they are ready to address this huge issue, Deputy Minister for Migration ...

Tackling irregular migration is a European challenge that requires a European response, a joint statement by nine governments including Cyprus said on Friday, during the 11th Summit of the Southern ...

The challenges faced by Cyprus as a frontline state regarding migration flows, along with the need for closer cooperation among EU member states, will be put forth by Cyprus’ Deputy ...

Cyprus is “ready to face the complex challenges related to immigration”, Deputy Migration Minister Nicholas Ioannides said on Wednesday. Speaking in Athens following a meeting with Greek Migration Minister Nikolaos ...

A total of 168 individuals found to be living in Cyprus illegally have been deported and repatriated to their countries of origin in the past week, police said on Friday. The ...

Cyprus needs to implement better health vulnerability checks on incoming migrants, resolve issues related to unaccompanied minors and clear its backlog of asylum claims, the EU’s migration ‘czar’ said ...

Eight people found to be living and working illegally in Paphos were arrested on Wednesday morning, according to a police bulletin. Officers of the migration department pulled over a bus ...