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Cyprus seeks UN help to stem asylum-seeker 'avalanche'

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Minister Nikos Nouris said 94% of the 15,130 asylum-seekers who filed applications with the divided island's internationally recognized government in the south had traversed the buffer zone. That is double the number from the same period last year. The buffer zone was formed in the wake of a 1974 Turkish invasion that was triggered by a coup aimed at union with Greece.

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The Washington Post

Cyprus seeks UN help to stem asylum-seeker 'avalanche'

The interior minister of Cyprus says he’s seeking help from the United Nations to stem an “avalanche” of migrants who make their way from the ethnically divided island’s breakaway north across a U.N.-controlled buffer zone to seek asylum

2 years ago

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WPLG

Cyprus seeks UN help to stem asylum-seeker 'avalanche'

Cyprus is seeking help from the United Nations to stem an “avalanche” of migrants who make their way from the ethnically divided island’s breakaway north across a U.N.-controlled buffer zone to seek asylum in numbers that authorities cannot cope with, the interior minister said Monday.Minister Nikos Nouris said 94% of the 15,130 asylum-seekers who filed applications with the divided island’s internationally recognized government in the south thr…

2 years ago·Miami, United States

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The New Arab

Cyprus seeks UN help to stem asylum-seeker 'avalanche'

Cyprus joined the European Union in 2004, but the buffer zone which divides the island between Greek and Turkish Cypriots is not considered an EU external border.

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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News In Cyprus

Cyprus seeks UN help to stem asylum-seeker ‘avalanche’

Cyprus is seeking help from the United Nations to stem an “avalanche” of migrants who make their way from the ethnically divided island’s breakaway...

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