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Cyprus

Government & Politics

Cyprus beyond limit of migrant capacity, needs EU help — government

March 19, 2021 Michele Kambas  

(Reuters) Cyprus has been stretched beyond its limits in accommodating asylum seekers and migrants and needs support from its European Union partners, a government official said on Friday. Previously overlooked as a migratory route, the eastern Mediterranean island has seen an increase […]

Government & Politics

Split Cyprus defends razor wire to halt migrant crossovers

March 9, 2021 Menelaos Hadjicostis  

(AP) The government of ethnically split Cyprus came under fire on Tuesday over a decision to lay razor wire along a section of a U.N.-controlled buffer zone. It says the move is needed to stem migrant inflows from the island’s breakaway north, […]

Government & Politics

Cyprus slams Turkey over asylum-seeker ‘burden’

February 19, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Cyprus hit out at Turkey on Friday for acts it said were behind the creation of a new migration route that had “disproportionally burdened” it with the EU’s highest percentage of asylum-seekers. The Republic of Cyprus, a member of the European […]

Immigration

Asylum-seekers stuck in Cyprus’ cramped camp want out

February 6, 2021 Menelaos Hadjicostis  

(AP) Emmanuel Conteh negotiates the muddy, rutted pathways in shorts and torn plastic flip-flops and says he can’t sleep in his heavy canvas tent at night because of the cold. He laments the “hellish” conditions in ethnically divided Cyprus’ cramped Pournara migrant […]

Immigration

Cyprus: Brawl at overcrowded migrant camp injures 25

January 12, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(AP) More than two dozen migrants were injured during a large brawl between nationals from Syria and several African countries at an overcrowded migrant reception camp outside of Cyprus’ capital, a government official said Tuesday. Interior Ministry spokesman Loizos Michael told the […]

News: Europe

Brit ISIS terrorist ‘told mum I’d be home in two hours — but I was on my way to Syria’ (LINK ONLY)

November 29, 2020 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Erdogan says Turkey’s place is in Europe before EU summit

November 22, 2020 Andrew Wilks  

(AP) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that Turkey sees itself as a part of Europe, but he called on the European Union to “keep your promises” on issues such as the country’s membership bid and refugees. He spoke before an […]

Demonstrations

Muslims attacked the French embassy in Cyprus

October 28, 2020 Sarantis Michalopoulos  

(Euractiv) A group of Muslims attacked the French embassy in Cyprus in light of an escalating crisis between France and Turkey following the beheading on 16 October of history and geography professor Samuel Paty. A group of Muslims gathered on Tuesday in […]

Government & Politics

Lebanon affirms deal to take back migrants sailing to Cyprus

October 6, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) Cyprus and Lebanon on Tuesday reaffirmed an agreement for Lebanese authorities to take back migrants aboard boats trying to reach Cypriot shores. Cypriot Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said Lebanese and Cypriot police and naval forces will intercept migrant boats departing from […]

Immigration

Rights group: Cyprus pushed back migrants, ignored claims

September 29, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) Cypriot authorities pushed back 200 migrants and refugees arriving from Lebanon aboard boats earlier this month, ignoring their claims for asylum while in some instances using violence and coercive tactics, a human rights watchdog said on Tuesday. Human Rights Watch accused […]

Immigration

Migrants accuse Greece of pushing them back out to sea

September 25, 2020 Mehmet Guzel, Suzan Fraser and Zeynep Bilginsoy  

(AP) Shortly after reaching the Greek island of Lesbos, a group of Afghan migrants say, their hopes for a new life in Europe were cut short when Greek authorities rounded them up, mistreated them, shoved them into life rafts and abandoned them […]

Immigration

Cyprus worried as 4 migrant boats reach island in 48 hours

September 6, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) Cypriot authorities are alarmed over the arrival of four boats carrying Syrian and Lebanese migrants in waters off the east Mediterranean island nation’s coastline within a 48-hour span. Cyprus police said Sunday that four vessels appeared off Cyprus’ eastern and southern […]

Government & Politics

Cyprus: Virus-infected migrants may be crossing into south

July 19, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) Asylum-seekers infected with coronavirus could be seeping through the porous cease-fire line in the ethnically divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus, the country’s health minister warned Sunday. Minister Constantinos Ioannou pointed to “a problem” after a number of migrants who recently crossed […]

Legal

Alleged Hezbollah money launderer arrives in Miami-Dade to face 2016 charges

July 17, 2020 Andrea Torres  

(WPLG) A purported Hezbollah associate arrived in Miami-Dade County on Friday evening after Cyprus agreed to turn him over to U.S. authorities to face money laundering charges in Miami-Dade County. Ghassan Diab, 37, had been a fugitive since 2016. Drug Enforcement Administration […]

Government & Politics

Hungary worries virus could spur more migration to Europe

June 26, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) The Hungarian government is “very concerned” that the coronavirus pandemic will trigger more waves of migrants trying to reach Europe from poorer nations where the disease will have a greater impact, the country’s foreign minister said Friday. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter […]

Government & Politics

EU says engagement needed to build trust with Turkey after migration dispute

June 24, 2020 Angeliki Koutantou and Michele Kambas  

(Reuters) The European Union wants to rebuild trust with Turkey, its top diplomat said on Wednesday, after a standoff in March in which thousands of migrants attempted to force their way into Greece, triggering clashes on their border. Before the coronavirus pandemic […]

Children & Teens

Cyprus probes alleged groping of girls at migrant center

June 23, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) Cyprus’ interior minister said Tuesday that he asked police to launch a criminal investigation into allegations that girls staying at a migrants’ reception center were sexually harassed by other residents. Interior Minister Nicos Nouris told state broadcaster CyBC that he takes […]

Government & Politics

Cyprus says common EU migration deal ‘imperative’

June 18, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) The European Union must forge a common migration policy that obligates member states to take in a proportional number of asylum-seekers and restricts EU funding access to any country that refuses, Cyprus’ interior minister said Thursday. Nicos Nouris said it’s “imperative” […]

Government & Politics

Tents and razor wire: Cyprus struggles with migrant influx

June 2, 2020 Paul Raymond  

(AFP) In the thick of the coronavirus lockdown in Cyprus, authorities gave a group of asylum seekers a stark choice: move to an overcrowded camp or go home. The Mediterranean island deemed it a necessary step to save money — the tiny […]

Government & Politics

American Islamists again embrace Erdogan’s authoritarianism

May 31, 2020 Steven Emerson  

(IPT) Leaders of American Islamist groups celebrated Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan, this week by heaping praise on Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey who aims to be a leader of the Sunni world. “[P]rofound human rights violations against hundreds […]

Government & Politics

Cyprus to launch SMS campaign to stem migrant arrivals

May 31, 2020 Menelaos Hadjicostis  

(AP) Cyprus is launching a multilingual SMS campaign to head off more migrant arrivals by dispelling the mistaken belief the European Union member country is a gateway to the continent, the Cypriot interior minister said Sunday. Nicos Nouris told the Associated Press […]

Government & Politics

Cyprus to deport 17 migrants suspected of terror links

May 25, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) Cyprus will deport 17 migrants who are being held on suspicion of having links to extremist groups or involved in acts of terror, the country’s interior ministry said Monday. The men are currently being held in a migrants’ detention facility and […]

Government & Politics

Cyprus unveils new measures to curtail migrant influx

March 10, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AP) Cyprus is more than doubling the number of officials vetting asylum applications, shortening application deadlines and fast-tracking deportations as part of a new string of measures aimed at tackling a spike in migrant arrivals, the country’s interior minister said Tuesday. Unveiling […]

Government & Politics

Asylum-seekers, coronavirus collide with complicated results

March 6, 2020 Pablo Gorondi  

(AP) No entry, says Hungary. Not all at once, says Greece. Watch out, says Croatia: They might have the coronavirus. This week, thousands of asylum-seekers sit at the intersection of a pair of fast-moving news stories — a spike in migration in […]

Government & Politics

Angered at EU, Turkey threatens to release IS prisoners

November 12, 2019 Suzan Fraser  

(AP) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday issued a veiled threat suggesting Turkey could release the Islamic State group prisoners it holds and send them to Europe, angered at a EU decision to impose sanctions on his country over its drilling […]

Government & Politics

American Isis suspect stuck on border ‘not our problem,’ says Erdoğan (LINK ONLY)

November 12, 2019 EoI News  

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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

‘Minority in Thrace deprived of its rights,’ Turkey’s Cavusoglu says

May 30, 2019 Nick Kampouris  

(Greek Reporter) Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke about Greece’s Muslim minority in Thrace during a speech at an Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday. Cavusoglu said that the minority in Thrace ”does not benefit from […]

Government & Politics

Greece’s Muslim minority complain of ‘marginalisation’ in Komotini

February 4, 2019 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) Outwardly, Komotini looks like other Greek cities, but there is a major difference: it has nine mosques whereas there are none in Athens. The northeastern city has existed from the second century and was captured by Ottoman-era Turkey in the 14th. […]

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