The number of asylum seekers arriving in Cyprus has doubled so far this year, compared to the same period in 2021, official figures showed.The number has increased to 17,000 this year, an official from the Ministry of the Interior said on .
The Cypriot government says that Turkey is orchestrating this illegal immigration crisis, as most migrants coming to Cyprus travel from Turkey. They reportedly fly from Istanbul or Ankara to the Turkish-occupied north of Cyprus, are then smuggled to the
NICOSIA - Relative to its population, Cyprus shipped out more migrants – some 3,500 – than any other European Union country in the first half of 2022 although the island isn't a favored destination.
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said there were, at the same time, about 13,000 asylum seekers who