Cyprus has received more than 11,000 asylum applications in the first five months of 2022, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris has said, noting that the first line EU-member-states, namely, Cyprus, Greece...
The population in the government controlled areas of Cyprus on the 1st of October 2021 was 918,100, recording an increase of 9.2%, compared to the results of the Census of Population 2011 (840,400),...
18/05/2022
The first quarter of 2022 was the busiest in terms of irregular border crossings at the European Union’s external borders since the migratory crisis in 2016, according to Frontex preliminary data on...
20/04/2022
Cyprus government decided measures to deal with increased migratory flows which will move in four directions, after a meeting on Tuesday at the Presidential Palace chaired by President Nicos...
19/04/2022
Cyprus is one of the member states of the EU in which the percentage of residents that are citizens of other countries (both from EU member states as well as from non-EU countries) is higher than 10...
31/03/2022
Cyprus had the highest number of registered first-time asylum applicants per million residents in 2021, according to the latest data released by Eurostat, the EU’s statistical service.A total of 14,...
24/03/2022
Proposals by a ministerial Committee on the handling of Ukrainian refugees were adopted by the Cabinet, on Tuesday, which include the issuance of a "temporary protection card."According to a written...
22/03/2022
An "historic" Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Republic of Cyprus and the European Union on the migration issue was signed at the Presidential Palace on Monday.The Memorandum was signed...
22/02/2022
Commissioner Margaritis Schinas on Sunday visited the Green Line in Athienou area and had the opportunity to see with his own eyes the situation with migrant influxes that Cyprus is faced with in the...
21/02/2022
For the first time Cyprus and the EU have signed an agreement on the return of migrants, while a Memorandum of Understanding including all actions for the successful management of migration is...
02/02/2022