‘Solution should provide for return of all refugees to homes’
We will never accept a solution to the Cyprus problem that will not allow all refugees to return to their homes, House President Demetris Syllouris...
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‘Difficult’ to extend EU-Turkey refugee deal to Cyprus
European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos told reporters in Brussels on Wednesday that it will be difficult for Cyprus to extend...
Ministers call for adequate support for migrants
The ministers of Justice and Home Affairs of Cyprus, Greece and Bulgaria on Tuesday issued a joint document on migration pressures in the Eastern Mediterranean,...
20 refugees rescued off Cape Greco
Twenty refugees from Syria – 16 adults and four children – were rescued on Saturday morning off Cape Greco. The group was on board a...
Man, wrongly convicted in Hungary, reunited with family in Cyprus
Authorities in Cyprus have finally allowed Ahmed H, a Syrian man wrongly convicted in Hungary in a blatant misuse of terrorism-related charges, to return to...
Nearly 3,000 refugees still waiting for title deeds
More than 2,700 refugees are still waiting to be given the title deeds due to slow procedures, MPs heard on Tuesday. The issue was discussed...
Refugee turns to European court to claim compensation from EU Turkey funds
By Antonios Gkildakis A Cypriot refugee has turned to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), to pursue his compensation claim for the...
Children of refugee mothers face discrimination
Children of refugee mothers are still being discriminated against in certain ways despite having been granted refugee status a few years ago, a report by...
MPs start talks on compensating owners of property in north
The House refugee committee on Tuesday launched discussion on a bill proposal by Edek on granting state aid to those with property in the north...
Unhcr: Cyprus should not have to deal alone with asylum issues
CYPRUS, currently receiving more asylum seekers per capita among European countries, should not be left alone to deal with this situation, said Unhcr Cyprus Representative...
The real refugee problem
By Gwynne Dyer Every once in a while a photograph of a migrant’s tragic death (usually that of a child) catches the public’s imagination....
Cabinet approves new criteria for refugee housing assistance
The cabinet on Wednesday approved new criteria for granting financial assistance to Greek Cypriot refugees seeking to acquire a house, Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides said....
Syrian refugees ‘being guided’ to checkpoints by Turkish Cypriot authorities
Sixty-three Syrian refugees who recently arrived in the north of the island via Turkey, have reportedly crossed to the south. According to Ihlas, a Turkish...
Caritas Paphos hosting open day
Caritas in Paphos is inviting members of the public to attend an open day on Saturday to meet some of the refugees that they are...
Officials repeat refugees on T Cypriot land have nothing to fear
Government officials on Tuesday sought to assuage Greek Cypriot refugees worried they risk eviction or being forced to pay compensation for residing on land in...
Ten migrants found off Cape Greco
A boat with 10 migrants was found in the sea off the coast of Cape Greco near Protaras and towed to shore on Thursday evening....
Over 80 per cent of those granted protection status in Cyprus last year were Syrians
The 28 Member States of the European Union (EU) granted protection status to 333,400 asylum seekers in 2018, down by almost 40 per cent from...
Three arrested in the north for people smuggling – reports
Authorities in the north have arrested three men, a Turkish national and two Turkish Cypriots, suspected of smuggling Syrian refugees arriving from Turkey to the...
The travesty of ‘refugee-ism’ glorifies victimhood
By Alan Waring The Cyprus Mail ‘Our View’ opinion article (March 17, 2019) on the plight of Greek Cypriot refugees from the 1974 invasion, together...
Our View: Refugees have woken up to their true situation too late
The mayors of six occupied municipalities gave a news conference on Thursday to express their frustration about the failure of the state to support refugees...
