Minors to be transferred to Paphos from Pournara
Deputy social welfare minister Anastasia Anthousi on Tuesday said her ministry was working on an alternative solution for housing 150 unaccompanied minors in Paphos after...
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Migrants sleeping rough in Nicosia refuse to return to Pournara
Nine young Somali migrants camped outside the Hope for Children shelter in old Nicosia say they will not leave until their situation is resolved. The...
Amid tourism concerns, Paralimni warns against ‘turning area into Pournara’
Authorities are working on increasing occupancy on flights to mitigate the loss of visitors from Russia and Ukraine, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Thursday...
Cabinet approves transfer of 150 unaccompanied minors from Pournara (Updated)
One hundred and fifty unaccompanied minors currently at Pournara are to be transferred to other accommodation units in Famagusta, while the interior ministry said that...
Our View: Important to establish just who is a minor
Amid all the furore of the state of the Pournara migrant facility this past week, the delicate issue arose of questioning whether all migrants who...
Child commissioner takes back comments linking traffickers to police (updated)
As a row over living conditions at Pournara reception centre rumbled on, child commissioner Despo Michaelidou on Tuesday clarified that she had misspoken the previous...
Authorities struggling to determine whether young migrants are actually adults
In the wake of the uproar over living conditions for unaccompanied minors at Pournara migrant reception centre, MPs on Monday focused on the delicate subject...
President promises help for migrants, more to be sent to hotels (update 3, photos, video)
More unaccompanied minors are to be housed in hotel units, while some adults will be transferred to a separate centre, the government announced on Monday...
Sniffer dogs at Pournara ahead of president’s visit (video)
Police dogs were seen in Pournara early Monday morning in advance of a visit there by President Nicos Anastasiades, who will see for himself the...
President to visit Pournara to see state of facility for himself (updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades will visit the Pournara migrant camp in Kokkinotrimithia on Monday to see for himself the conditions there, which were widely criticised over...
