Three Syrian men arrive in Ayia Napa in small boat
Three Syrian men arrived in Cyprus in a small boat that came ashore on a beach in Ayia Napa, police said on Saturday. According to...
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Group of Syrian migrants sent back to Lebanon, report Cyprus to ECHR
A group of migrants sent back to Lebanon on Tuesday have filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights against the Republic of...
Syrians rescued off Cape Greco
Marine police early on Saturday rescued two Syrian men who were in a boat off Cape Greco in the Famagusta area. The authorities received a...
Syrians arriving in the north were sent back to Turkey
Fifty-one Syrians, including a pregnant woman and four children, were sent back to Turkey after arriving in the breakaway north around a month ago, Turkish...
Over 30 Syrian men found in container truck at Famagusta port
Authorities in the north of the island on Friday found 33 Syrian men hiding in a truck that arrived at the Famagusta port from Turkey...
Undocumented migrants among Syrians brought ashore
Seven of the 85 Syrians who arrived in Cyprus in a boat at Pomos, Paphos, on Friday turned out to be undocumented migrants and were...
Syrians sent back to Turkey
Twelve Syrian nationals tried to enter Cyprus hidden inside cargo containers shipped to Famagusta port in the north, from Turkey, Turkish Cypriot newspaper Kibris reported...
Three Syrians found in boat off Paralimni coast
Three Syrian nationals were found Late on Sunday night in a boat which had run out of fuel near Paralimni. The three men, who were...
Syrians begin returning home, two weeks into Turkish offensive
A group of 292 Syrians went back to the Syrian town of Jarablus from Turkey on Wednesday, marking the first formal return of civilians since...
Turkey’s Erdogan moots plan to grant citizenship to Syrians
President Tayyip Erdogan outlined plans on Tuesday to grant citizenship to some of the near 3 million migrants who have fled war in neighbouring Syria,...
Eight injured in brawl at Kofinou reception centre (Update with Hasikos comments)
Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos said on Sunday that the brawl between more than a hundred refugees at the Kofinou reception centre for asylum seekers on...
Migrants rescued off Polis, 27 on board fishing trawler (Update 2)
The police’s marine fleet on Thursday evening mounted a rescue operation for 27 people aboard a fishing trawler adrift in seas off the Akamas peninsula....
Challenges of EU migrant relocation plan
By Andria Kades Cyprus is expecting 509 migrants over the course of the next two years as part of its obligation under the EU distribution...
Last minute reprieve for rescued Syrians, but only for few hours
Be Evie Andreou THERE were emotional scenes on Saturday as the around 80 Syrians remaining in the reception centre in Kokkinotrimithia were given a few...
KISA calls on government to resume support for rescued Syrians
Immigrant support group KISA has called on the government to immediately resume support services at the reception centre in Kokkinotrimithia hosting around 200 Syrians rescued...
Syrians’ status requests being examined
By George Psyllides The authorities have started processing requests from some 340 refugees rescued from a fishing trawler last week, as Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos...
Two jailed for six years after attacking pensioner
Two Syrian men have been jailed for six years after they were found guilty of robbing a 77-year-old Paphos man. The man had been assaulted...