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Europe’s human rights watchdog urges Cyprus to let migrants stuck in UN buffer zone seek asylum

  • The migrants, mostly from Syria, Iran, Sudan, Afghanistan and Cameroon, are stuck in a buffer zone that separates the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north and the Greek Cypriot south
  • Earlier this year, Cyprus suspended the processing of asylum applications from Syrian nationals after granting international protection to 14,000 Syrians in the last decade
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Verdict saying Switzerland violated rights by failing on climate action could ripple across Europe

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