Pournara teen hospitalised after fight
A teenager was injured after a violent incident at Pournara reception camp for asylum seekers and migrants, police said on Thursday. Minors were involved in...
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Six residents of Pournara hospitalised with burns after fire (Updated)
A second blaze was reported at Pournara reception centre on Wednesday evening following the hospitalisation of six asylum seekers who suffered burns following another fire...
Over 1,500 failed asylum seekers deported so far this year
The situation at the Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers is extremely volatile, both for those staying at the facility and for the neighbouring communities,...
All 18 injured in Saturday Pournara brawl discharged from hospital
The final person, out of the 18 individuals hospitalised and treated for their injuries following Saturday’s violence at the Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers,...
Police break up mass brawls at Pournara (Updated)
Authorities had to intervene and break up two mass fights at the Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers on Saturday. A fight that broke out...
Parents association head says school shooting prevented in Kokkinotrimithia
A school shooting at Kokkinotrimithia lower secondary school was prevented in November, MPs heard on Tuesday at parliament’s ad hoc committee on demographics and migration....
US human rights report shows ‘significant improvements’ government says
The 2021 US Department of State report on human rights in Cyprus shows significant improvements compared with previous years, the government said Thursday, notwithstanding references...
Eleven unaccompanied minors missing, some for up to three years, MPs hear
Eleven underage, unaccompanied minors are missing, some for up to three years, MPs heard on Thursday as elected officials decried double standards. The report was...
More than 700 asylum seekers found jobs and seen welfare terminated, minister says
More than 700 asylum seekers recipients of welfare benefits were found to have secured jobs and their grants will be terminated, deputy minister for social...
50 unaccompanied minors moved from Pournara to Paphos facility
Another 50 unaccompanied minors were transferred from Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers to a Paphos-based facility on Wednesday, with more expected to be taken...
