Group of Syrian refugees picked up on Larnaca-Dhekelia road
Police on Monday evening found 13 Syrian men who had arrived on a boat from Mersin in Turkey. Around 6pm, eight refugees were spotted walking...
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New group of 29 Syrian refugees escorted to shore
A group of 29 refugees from Syria spotted off Cape Greco were escorted by the marine police to the Ayios Nicolaos harbour in Protaras on...
Charities struggling to cope with refugees
Syrian asylum seeker numbers spiralling in Paphos By Bejay Browne Syrian refugees in Paphos are not yet sleeping rough in the streets, but numbers are...
Cyprus to resettle ten families of Syrian refugees in 2018
Ten families of Syrian refugees, from Lebanon and Jordan, are expected to be resettled in Cyprus within 2018, according to an agreement between the Republic...
EU leaders host Turkish President Erdogan for uneasy summit
The European Union holds an uneasy summit with Turkey on Monday, when it is likely to provide Ankara with fresh cash to extend a deal...
Merkel presses allies to cut funds for Turkey’s EU bid (Update)
European leaders agreed on Thursday to explore cuts in EU funds to Turkey that are linked to Ankara’s stalled bid to join the bloc after...
Syrian people smuggler found guilty
A Syrian man was on Tuesday found guilty by Famagusta court of offences relating to the smuggling of people into the country, after being caught...
Refugees no longer avoiding Cyprus en masse
By Evie Andreou It is too soon to link the latest arrivals of groups of refugees from Syria in Cyprus with the closing down of...
German military training 100 Syrian migrants in pilot project
The German military is training more than 100 Syrian migrants for civilian roles suited to helping the eventual reconstruction of their country, Defence Minister Ursula...
UN chief urges all countries to show solidarity with Syrian refugees
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on all countries on Wednesday to show solidarity and accept nearly half a million Syrian refugees for resettlement by 2018....
EU talks tough on migrants from Turkey, uneasy over rights
The European Union hopes a summit with Turkey on Monday can start putting an end to the chaotic arrivals of migrants in Greece and halt...
Greece cannot carry migrant burden on its own- PM Tsipras
Unilateral actions by European Union member states to deal with the migrant crisis troubling the bloc is hurting solidarity and must stop, EU Council President...
Remember the Pilgrims, Obama says, in appeal for generosity to Syrian refugees
By Roberta Rampton President Barack Obama urged Americans to show generosity to Syrian refugees in a Thanksgiving message on Thursday, reminding them that the Pilgrims...
Cyprus ready to accommodate Akrotiri refugees, as UK drags feet
By Evie Andreou CYPRUS is willing to take in any number of asylum seekers, out of the 114 refugees who landed on the shores of...
Hungarian TV journalist fired for tripping up fleeing migrants
A camerawoman for a private television channel in Hungary was fired late on Tuesday after videos of her kicking and tripping up migrants fleeing police,...
Rescued migrants settling in at temporary camp
Visibly weary from a three-day journey at sea but also disappointed that they failed to reach their final destination of the European mainland, the refugees...
‘Humanity swept away’ image sweeps across social media
An image of a drowned toddler washed up on the beach in one of Turkey’s prime tourist resorts swept across social media on Wednesday, after...
Syrian refugee ship arrives on Greek mainland, migrants move on
A car ferry carrying just over 2,400 Syrian refugees arrived on the Greek mainland on Thursday as a wave of migrants fleeing conflict and poverty...
More than 200 feared dead in latest migrant sea tragedy (Update 3)
By Steve Scherer Hopes faded of finding more survivors on Thursday from a shipwreck in which 200 migrants are feared drowned, as rescue ships were...
Starting over in a post-crisis world
By Alexia Evripidou Today is International Woman’s Day while next Sunday, March 15, marks the second anniversary of the start of Cyprus’ traumatic bailout crisis....
