In a letter to the Cypriot Minister of Interior dated 10 March and published on Thursday 18 March, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, “urges” Cypriot authorities to ensure independent investigations into allegations of ill-treatment and pushback of migrants by law enforcement officials.
Dunja Mijatović also calls for an improvement of living conditions in reception facilities for asylum seekers and migrants. She stresses that, far from preventing...