#repatriation

Police arrested 39 people on Sunday found to have been residing illegally in Cyprus, following a nationwide operation. Deportation proceedings have already been scheduled for twelve of those arrested, with the ...

Cyprus is trying to turn migration from something associated almost exclusively with crisis into part of the solution to the country’s labour shortages, Deputy Migration Minister Nicholas Ioannides has ...

Cyprus repatriated 119 illegal immigrants on Friday in the framework of operations by the police and the deputy migration ministry. The police said that since January 1, at total of 5,288 immigrants residing ...

Around 20,000 Syrians currently remaining in Cyprus with asylum or subsidiary protection status are being targeted by a new voluntary return programme offering financial incentives and the option for one family ...

Citizens have been urged to take government travel warnings seriously and avoid travelling to high-risk countries, with Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos warning on Friday that repatriation efforts will no longer ...

The government continuing flights to repatriate Cypriots and Cyprus residents back to the island with a fourth flight carrying 170 passengers set to arrive at Larnaca airport at 8pm on Saturday ...

A British flight to repatriate UK nationals after the outbreak of war in the Middle East did not take off as scheduled from Oman on Wednesday night and has been ...

The repatriation flight that brought 180 Cypriots back to the island from Dubai amid the current tensions in the Middle East safely landed at Larnaca airport on Wednesday evening, with passengers ...

Paphos municipal councillor, Alexander Jiang offered his services to the government on Wednesday in facilitating the repatriation of nine Cypriot students remain stranded in Thailand, after widespread airspace and airport ...

Repatriation flights for Cypriots who found themselves in the United Arab Emirates upon the outbreak of a conflict in the region are to begin on Wednesday, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis ...

The full implementation of the EU’s new pact on migration will be the central priority of Cyprus’s EU council presidency, deputy migration minister Nicholas Ioannides told the European ...

Deputy migration minister Nicholas Ioannides on Thursday opened the first informal meeting of EU justice ministers in Nicosia by urging European partners to act as a ‘united front’. Addressing his ...

The number of migrants returned to their countries of origin for residing illegally in Cyprus has increased by 53 per cent over the past three years, police said on Saturday. According ...

A total of 21 flights have been chartered, and are set to depart from Cyprus on Monday, to repatriate Israelis attempting to return to Israel amid the partial closure of the ...

A total of 49 Cypriot nationals who had been in the Middle East when the conflict between Iran and Israel began last week have now been successfully evacuated, the foreign ministry ...

A total of 52 Cypriots who are currently in Israel have requested to return to the island amid the country’s escalating conflict with Iran and the cancellation of flights to ...

The community advocacy group Syrians in Cyprus on Tuesday expressed concerns about the “tight” timeline set out in the government’s new voluntary repatriation plan for Syrian nationals who have ...

A total of 146 individuals found to be residing in the Republic illegally were returned to their countries of origin in the past week, police said on Monday. In total, 80 people ...

All migrants who were stranded in the buffer zone have been removed from the site, the deputy migration ministry confirmed on Saturday, putting an end to months of wrangling. A ...

A total of 168 individuals found to be living in Cyprus illegally have been deported and repatriated to their countries of origin in the past week, police said on Friday. The ...

A total of 6,800 who were residing illegally in Cyprus have been deported or repatriated so far in 2024 as part of efforts to return third-country nationals to their countries of origin, ...

A total of 145 persons have been repatriated or deported during the last week, in the context of voluntary and mandatory repatriations of third-country (non-EU) nationals, it emerged on Friday. Since ...

A 50-point action plan for migrant integration is set to go for approval before cabinet at the beginning of March, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Monday, announcing improvements in ...

Forty-two more third country nationals residing illegally on the island have been repatriated as part of a new operation by the aliens and immigration service, police said on Friday. During ...