Dramatic influx of asylum seekers in Cyprus creating a large backlog of applicants
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Dramatic influx of asylum seekers in Cyprus creating a large backlog of applicants
Description
August 17, 2019
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), since couple of years, the Island of Cyprus is seeing an influx of asylum-seekers and migrants. This is leading to a stretch of the country’s reception system and creating an overcrowding of asylum seekers.
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Migrants heading elsewhere as RCMP demolish last Roxham Road office02:31 | September 25, 2023
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Dramatic influx of asylum seekers in Cyprus creating a large backlog of applicants02:30 | August 17, 2019
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Migrants heading elsewhere as RCMP demolish last Roxham Road office02:31 | September 25, 2023
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Dramatic influx of asylum seekers in Cyprus creating a large backlog of applicants
Description
August 17, 2019
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), since couple of years, the Island of Cyprus is seeing an influx of asylum-seekers and migrants. This is leading to a stretch of the country’s reception system and creating an overcrowding of asylum seekers.
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