The Minister of Justice and Public Order Anna Koukkides-Procopiou will participate in the International Conference on "Global Alliance to Combat Migrant Smuggling", which will take place on 28...
The number of first-time asylum applicants in August 2023 dropped by 33% in Cyprus, and increased by 19% in the EU, according to monthly asylum data published by Eurostat, the statistical service of...
21/11/2023
A total of 202 persons, who resided illegally in Cyprus, left the country last week, as part of the efforts of the Police, to return third-country nationals to their countries of origin.According to...
20/11/2023
Justice Minister Anna Koukkides Procopiou requested the assistance of FRONTEX in all procedures for the management of migratory flows, during her intervention in a session entitled "Management of...
07/11/2023
Instructions to gradually increase the capacity of the "Pournara" migrant reception center to host more individuals and to increase the center's staff to expedite the application processing, were...
30/10/2023
Cyprus is on alert for security reasons, but also due to the large number of people expected to arrive trying to escape from dangerous areas, said Minister of Justice and Public Order, Anna Koukkides...
27/10/2023
Interior Ministry has received information that a few hundred Syrian refugees are on the coast of Lebanon and the authorities are on alert, Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday, adding that ...
24/10/2023
The increased security measures in place in Cyprus due to the crisis in the Middle East and the implementation of the national plan "Estia" for the evacuation of foreign nationals from the region,...
20/10/2023
The informal implementation of some of the provisions of the Action Plan of the EU for the Eastern Mediterranean has brought a 50% reduction in irregular arrivals through the Turkish occupied...
20/10/2023
The European Commission has presented on Wednesday an EU Action Plan for the Eastern Mediterranean, ahead of the Justice and Home Affairs Council of 19 October and the European Council of 26-27...
19/10/2023