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.
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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
‘Deep state faction’ does not want a Cyprus solution
Famagusta Mayor Alexis Galanos said that a ‘deep state’ exists within the Republic, which does not want a Cyprus solution and has been influencing the
Cypriots back supporting refugees but not giving citizenship
The majority of Greek and Turkish Cypriots are in favour of supporting refugees in Cyprus but are reluctant when it comes to granting Cypriot citizenship
13 Syrian migrants found in Oroklini
Thirteen migrants from Syria were picked up shortly after midnight in Oroklini, where they had travelled to from the north. The men reported to police
Koursoumba highlights plight of unaccompanied minors
STATE policies and programmes for the transition of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum into independent adulthood are severely lacking, the Commissioner for the Protection of Children’s
President raises climate, refugees at EU-Arab League summit
President Nicos Anastasiades said the ongoing meeting of the EU-Arab partnership is an important milestone, which highlights the acknowledgement that such strategic relations contribute to
Syrian boy with brain tumour undergoes operation
An eight-year-old Syrian boy living in Paphos has undergone an operation for a brain tumour in Germany and is being kept in an induced coma.
Ten Syrian refugees found on cargo ship in Famagusta port
Ten Syrian refugees were found inside a truck a cargo ship moored in the port of Famagusta in the north, reports said on Sunday. Turkish
Thirty-seven refugees picked up in Kato Pyrgos
Thirty-seven refugees, 35 men and two underage girls, were picked up by police in Kato Pyrgos in the early hours of Sunday, state radio reported.
Man rescued at sea a Syrian refugee whose seven compatriots drowned (updated)
A 32-year-old man who was rescued from the sea by a cargo ship on Thursday off Cape Greco was the only survivor of a group
Neither decorations nor lavish meals for many this Christmas
AS DECORATIONS fill homes and streets, and as the majority of people indulge in lavish meals and shopping sprees, there are growing numbers in Cyprus