Swiss voters clearly reject curbs on EU immigration
Swiss voters overwhelmingly rejected on Sunday a right-wing party’s attempt to scrap a pact allowing the free movement of people from the European Union, opting...
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House passes three laws to better manage migrant flow
The House plenum on Friday passed three law amendments aimed at more effectively managing migration flows to Cyprus with main opposition Akel expressing concerns as...
Forty migrants arrive via north
Forty migrants who arrived early on Friday from the north have been taken to the Pournara reception centre, police said. The group, 17 of whom...
Municipality moves against building overcrowding in old Nicosia
Nicosia municipality has taken legal measures against the owners of more than 40 buildings in the old part of town for arbitrarily turning them into...
Migrants arrive through Dhekelia, separate group deterred, heading for north (Updated)
Fifteen migrants from Syria crossed into Dhekelia from the north at around midnight on Wednesday, while a second group that was heading for Cape Greco...
Aglantzia protest over plans for asylum centre (Updated)
Aglantzia residents in Nicosia held a protest on Wednesday night over feared moves to set up an asylum centre in the area. The protest, organised...
Cypriot and Hungarian delegations discuss tourism, Covid and migration
President Nicos Anastasiades met with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on Friday, to discuss dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, tourism relations between the two countries,...
Lack of integration programmes leading to ghettoisation
As the government announced tough new measures this week to curb illegal migration, the need for effective, long-term integration programmes for refugees and asylum seekers...
Our View: It was long past time to tighten migration rules
The tougher measures for controlling immigration were a long time in the making but necessary, considering that the problem seems to grow every year. In...
More checks at crossings to curb migrant flows
The government will introduce checks and identify everyone passing through the crossing points in a bid to curb migrant flows that raise a national survival...
Cyprus Greece and Bulgaria ask EU for emergency clause on migration
Greek Alternate Minister for Migration and Asylum, Giorgos Koumoutsakos in a letter to the Vice-President of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas, and the European Commissioner...
Coronavirus: Non-citizens with expired work permits can still use Gesy until Sept 30
Non-Cypriot citizens who are legal residents and those whose work permits have expired, can retain access to the health service Gesy until September 30, the...
Rejected migrant boat taken in by north (Updated)
A GROUP of 175 Syrian migrants, who arrived in Trikomo in the north on Saturday, after being denied entrance to the government-controlled areas on Friday,...
Our View: It was about time the govt took action on migration
It was unfortunate, although predictable, that the migration problem had to reach crisis point for action to be taken by the government. The surge of...
AG informs cabinet of what they can and can’t do legally to curb migration
The government is to announce a series of measures to combat an influx of migrants later on Tuesday following a cabinet meeting. The meeting was...
Cyprus deploys special forces to Greek-Turkish border (Updated)
Cyprus has deployed 22 members of its special forces to the Greek area of Evros, on the border with Turkey, to assist local forces who...
AG’s advice sought ahead of decisions on migration
The government on Friday sought the advice of Attorney-general Costas Clerides on the compatibility with the EU acquis of the measures to be taken to...
The migration issue ‘could turn into’ Cyprus’ largest problem
The government said Thursday it will ready a plan of action by early next week to tackle the growing influx of migrants, while the defence...
UN concerned over disruption to crossings
Unficyp said on Thursday it was concerned over the ongoing disruption caused to people on both sides due to the temporary closure of four crossing...
National council meeting underway
A national council meeting was underway on Thursday morning to discuss Varosha, migration, and measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The council is...
