The permanent secretary of the Cypriot Ministry of the Interior, Costas Constantinou, told the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties on Thursday 21 April about the difficulties encountered in managing the increase in migratory flows, partly linked to arrivals from the northern part of the island.
Migrants arriving in Cyprus represent “5% of its total population”, and the war in Ukraine, with arrivals of Ukrainian refugees, has increased the pressure. Since 2015, the island...