Michael O’Flaherty

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

By AP · 31 October 2024