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Cyprus first in EU for asylum returns
Cyprus ranks first among EU states for the highest percentage of returns of new asylum seeker applications, the Interior Ministry announced. It said the rate reaches 97% in returns...
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Cyprus leads EU in asylum seeker returns, 4th in deportations
Cyprus ranks first among the EU member states in the percentage of returns on new asylum seekers applications, Interior Ministry announced Thursday. This percentage reaches 97% in...
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Seven dead after police pursue suspected human smugglers on German motorway
At least seven people were killed and more than a dozen others injured when a suspected human smuggler lost control of a van carrying migrants, German police said on Friday. The accident...
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Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, the interior minister informed the House interior committee of his plans to create a Deputy Ministry of Migration and Asylum. Elsewhere, the House plenum passed a...
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Seven dead after police pursue suspected human smugglers on German motorway
At least seven people were killed and more than a dozen others injured when a suspected human smuggler lost control of a van carrying migrants, German police said on Friday. The...
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Boat carrying 50 migrants arrives off Cape Greco coast
Another boat with 50 migrants arrived off the coast of Cape Greco on Thursday, with the people on board safely escorted ashore. According to media reports, the police coast guard spotted...
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Ioannou pushes for deputy ministry of migration
Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou informed the House interior committee of his plans to create a Deputy Ministry of Migration and Asylum on Thursday. He said the creation of such a...
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Cyprus is EU’s number one for migrant repatriations
Cyprus is ready to take in refugees from the Middle East due to the crisis in Israel and Gaza, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday, while adding that in the EU, Cyprus...
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UK government tells top court of pressing need for Rwanda migrant plan
Government lawyers told Britain’s top court on Monday there was a serious and pressing need for its plan to deport migrants to Rwanda, one of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s key...
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German government to review aid for Palestinians following Hamas attack
The German government said on Sunday it was reviewing its hundreds of millions of euros of aid for Palestinians following the biggest attack on Israel in years by Palestinian Islamist group...
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Once welcoming Germany talks tougher on asylum ahead of elections
Berlin introduces border controls, eclipsing open-door policy Partly due to electioneering ahead of Sunday votes -analysts Authorities struggle with influx as asylum requests up 80% By...
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Joint Declaration MED5 Summit
We, the Ministers of Interior, Migration and Asylum of Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, and Spain, on the occasion of the Sixth Ministerial Meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece on 7 October 2023,...
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MED5: Joint framework for cooperation on migration agreed
The Ministers of Interior and Migration of the MED5 group (Greece, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Cyprus, and Malta) agreed on a common framework for cooperation, with additional Community...
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People attempted to travel with forged documents
Despite the rapid increase in traffic during the tourist season, attempts by some people to travel from Paphos airport to European destinations, mainly France, using forged or stolen...
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Poland, Hungary stand alone in opposing EU migration reform
Poland and Hungary blocked a symbolic European Union statement about migration on Friday but other leaders gathered at a summit in Spain said they were continuing overhauling the...
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Christodoulides advocates inclusion of migration in new EU Strategic Agenda
The migration issue and the EU’s relations with the countries of the southern neighbourhood should be included in the new EU Strategic Agenda for the period 2024 – 2029,...
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President addresses EU's future & climate at EUCO summit
President Christodoulides will participate in Friday’s informal summit of the European Council in Granada, Spain, which will focus on the future of the EU and the external dimension of...
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Indians top list of voluntary returns this year
As the number of voluntary returns of failed asylum seekers continues to rise, the interior ministry on Friday told the Cyprus Mail the country that has seen the most is India. So far in...
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EU looks to the future at summit on migration and enlargement
The European Union’s 27 national leaders meet later on Friday to look for ways to avoid a new migration crisis and address a longer-term existential challenge of bringing into their...
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President attends informal EUCO, MED9 present letter on climate change
President Nikos Christodoulides will participate in the informal summit of the European Council in Granada, Spain, which will focus on the future of the EU and the external dimension of...
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President at EU council meeting, MED9 to present letter on climate change
President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday will participate in an informal summit of the European Council in Granada, Spain, which will focus on the future of the EU and the external...
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In reversal, Biden to build more US border wall, Trump demands apology
President Joe Biden’s administration said on Thursday it will add sections to a border wall to stave off record migrant crossings from Mexico, a reversal that embraces a signature...
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Two men fined €600 in Chlorakas violence-related case
Two men received fines of €600 in a case linked to the violence which erupted in Chlorakas in late August after police found them in possession of weapons. The two defendants, both Greek...
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Two-day event looks at impact of representation of racialised people in literature, media and toys
This October, as part of the #MakeRacismHistory Festival by the European Network Against Racism (ENAR), Generation for Change CY will co-host a two-day event on #RepresentationMatters!...
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EU nations reach agreement on handling irregular immigration
European Union countries on Wednesday sealed a deal on how to handle irregular immigration at times of exceptionally high arrivals, taking a step towards overhauling the bloc’s asylum and...