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Cyprus has reduced migration flows by 90 per cent, Deputy Migration Minister Nicholas Ioannides said on Friday, describing migration management as a continuous balancing act between protecting human rights and safeguarding ...

Anti-migrant protests in two South African cities including Johannesburg’s Soweto township turned violent on Thursday, with the government blaming disinformation over a court ruling on asylum seekers. In coastal ...

Deputy migration minister Nicholas Ioannides on Wednesday emphasised the need for what he described as a “balanced and sustainable” migration policy, combining the protection of those in need with the ...

Lebanese security forces on Tuesday arrested nine Syrians suspected of involvement in a plot to smuggle Syrian migrants by boat to Cyprus from Al-Aboudiya in northern Lebanon. According to the ...

Cyprus is technically ready to become a full member of the Schengen area, with political agreement now the remaining hurdle, Migration Deputy Minister Nicholas Ioannides said on Thursday. Speaking to ...

Cyprus recorded the second-highest number of asylum applications relative to its population among EU+ countries in the first half of 2026, despite an overall 17 per cent decline in applications for international ...

Cyprus is preparing to tighten its “golden visa” programme ahead of its planned entry into the Schengen area, Deputy Migration Minister Nicholas Ioannides said on Thursday, as authorities carry out ...

Morocco’s foreign ministry said on Thursday that no evidence established involvement of Rabat in the mass crossing into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in July, adding it rejected being ...

Police arrested 41 third-country nationals found to be staying illegally in the Republic during a coordinated operation in the Nicosia district, authorities said on Monday. Of those arrested, 16 have already been ...

Residents in Spain’s Ceuta appealed for calm on Wednesday as hundreds of rallies were planned nationwide in solidarity with the North African enclave, which is suffering an unprecedented migration ...

An administrative court has dismissed the appeal of a Cameroonian asylum seeker after finding that his account had failed to establish grounds for international protection in Cyprus. The 35-year-old entered ...

Irregular arrivals to Cyprus fell by 92 per cent and new asylum applications dropped by 93 per cent in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period in 2022, Deputy Migration Minister ...

Romani Youssef sits in a detention centre, waiting to be deported back to Egypt after being arrested as a ‘prohibited immigrant’ two months ago. Meanwhile, his Cypriot fiancée Anthi ...

The deputy migration ministry on the occasion of World Refugee Day on Saturday reaffirmed its commitment to “an effective response to migration challenges”, stressing that the day served as a ...

Cyprus and Lithuania on Friday signed a memorandum of cooperation on the relocation of applicants for international protection from Cyprus to Lithuania, marking one of the first concrete solidarity measures ...

The European Union’s Pact on Migration and Asylum formally entered into force on Friday, with Cyprus and the European Commission describing the move as a historic milestone aimed at ...

Hundreds of Libyan demonstrators blocked off the office of the U.N. refugee agency in the capital Tripoli on Thursday during a protest against migrants who have travelled to the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday hailed a deal struck between the institutions of the European Union over a new law which will allow the bloc’s member states to establish “...

One of the three men who jumped from a third-floor balcony during an immigration raid in Larnaca has succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday night. The man, whose details remain ...

President Nikos Christodoulides was one of 33 heads of government to sign a joint statement affirming their will to work together to “tackle” irregular migration on the sidelines of the day’...

Cyprus is pursuing a comprehensive restructuring of its asylum system within the framework of the EU’s new migration pact, deputy migration minister Nicholas Ioannides assured on Saturday. “Our goal ...

Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Malta agreed to step up coordination to prevent a new migration crisis, during talks on the sidelines of the informal European Council meeting. In a joint ...

The House approved new refugee legislation on Thursday, establishing a revised legal framework for asylum procedures in line with the EU migration pact, with the law set to take force ...

A bill amending the Refugee Law is entering its final stage before a vote, following the completion of its examination by the House interior committee, with the aim of fully ...