US EditionUN refugee agency accuses Cyprus government of pushing asylum seekers into a UN buffer zone
- The United Nations refugee agency accused Cyprus government authorities of forcing migrants back into a U.N.-controlled buffer zone after they sought asylum.
- UNHCR spokeswoman Emilia Strovolidou stated that 99 asylum seekers were pushed back into the buffer zone between mid-May and August 8.
- Seventy-Six of those migrants, including unaccompanied minors, remain stranded in the buffer zone, with legal action initiated by human rights lawyer Nicoletta Charalambidou for their asylum applications.
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UN refugee agency accuses Cyprus government of pushing asylum seekers
NICOSIA: The United Nations refugee agency on Friday accused government authorities in ethnically divided Cyprus of rounding up dozens of migrants and forcing them back inside a UN-controlled buffer zone that they crossed to seek asylum. UNHCR spokeswoman Emilia Strovolidou said that as many as 99 asylum seekers were “pushed back” into the buffer zone between mid-May and Aug.
The UN has accused the Cypriot authorities of forcefully returning migrants to the buffer zone between the north and south of the island
The United Nations refugee agency has accused authorities in the Greek, internationally recognized part of ethnically divided Cyprus of rounding up migrants coming from the Turkish part of the island and turning them back into a UN-controlled buffer zone, which they crossed to seek asylum.
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