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...
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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...
State pledges to shelter evicted Nicosia tenants, many refugees
Tensions rose on Wednesday morning in a rundown apartment building near Ohi roundabout in Nicosia when a group of tenants – mostly people from Balkan...
Turkey role in refugee numbers highlighted by House president
Turkey’s role in the increasing flow of refugees to Cyprus during the past year was highlighted by House president Demetris Syllouris in his meeting on...
Justice minister highlights improvements in human rights
Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou on Monday praised the progress Cyprus has made in terms of human rights in recent years by pointing to what he...
Refugees stranded on British bases for 20 years can enter UK
A group of refugees who have been stranded on the British bases in Cyprus for over 20 years have been granted indefinite leave to enter...
A festive meal for Nicosia’s homeless
One woman is determined to provide “a warm full tummy” for refugees and the homeless in Nicosia in the run up for Christmas. Rosie Charalambous,...
Use of TC properties could be passed to refugee descendants
A bill providing for the right of children and grandchildren of refugees who live in Turkish Cypriot property to use the house after the original...
Acute need for young refugee shelters
The recent protests by Zygi residents opposing the building of a new refugee centre for unaccompanied minors have partly focused on whether a new centre...
Almost 50 refugees put ashore near Pyrgos, asylum applications up 55 per cent this year
A boat with 47 refugees from Syria arrived near Pyrgos just after midnight. The vessel allegedly came from Turkey and turned back after leaving the...
Our View: Wrong that refugees are given increasing rent help when people are homeless
Deputies decided to address rising property prices during Monday’s discussion of the interior ministry’s budget for 2019. The problem is not just rising rents in...
Canada set to get most refugee claims in nearly three decades
Canada is on track to receive its highest number of refugee claims since record-keeping began nearly three decades ago, the latest data shows, as the...
Zygi accused of racism over young migrant centre protest
The Pancyprian Peace Council (PPC) condemned on Friday what it described as the outbreak of racism and xenophobia displayed by Zygi residents opposed to the...
