NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) Ethnically divided Cyprus ranks first among European Union member nations in the number of migrants it repatriates relative to its
Cyprus government is set to deport those who took part in violent clashes at the Pournara Reception Center, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said. The violence erupted after Nigerian and Congolese nationals disagreed about whose turn it was to charge their mobile phone. Cypriot riot police had quelled the violence at a migrant reception centre after clashes between different nationalities caused a fire outbreak, authorities said.
Ministers of interior and immigration of Italy, Spain, Greece, Malta and Cyprus called for enhanced surveillance of external European Union (EU) borders to check irregular immigration.In a declaration issued on Saturday following the end of a .
In a declaration issued on Saturday following the end of a two-day meeting held in the western Cypriot city of Paphos, the ministers of the so-called MED5 group, consisting of the five Mediterranean and southern EU member states, drew special attention to the surveillance of the United Nations-controlled Green Line in Cyprus, Xinhua news agency reported.Mini