The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights requested the Greek administration to make sure that the legal guidelines and practices applied within the buffer zone and at sea adjust to the Council of Europe requirements.
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O'Flaherty despatched a letter to the President of the Greek Cypriot Administration Nikos Christodoulidis about “35 individuals who have been trapped within the buffer zone for months” and stated that “crucial measures ought to be taken to make sure that the legal guidelines and practices applied within the buffer zone and at sea adjust to the Council of Europe human rights requirements.” ” he needed. In his information titled “Cyprus is in a Tough State of affairs Because of Migrants within the Buffer Zone”, Haravgi identified that they revealed the letter O'Flaherty despatched to Hristodulidis on 23 October and Hristodulidis's reply letter dated 25 October on Thursday. In line with the information, O'Flaherty, in his related letter, requested the Greek authorities to take measures to make sure that the legal guidelines and practices utilized within the buffer zone and the ocean adjust to the Council of Europe human rights requirements. In his response letter, Hristodulidis famous that the Greek Cypriot administration “will make each doable effort to permit the normalization of irregular crossings over the Inexperienced Line in accordance with its obligations to worldwide regulation and European regulation.” The identical newspaper wrote that Greek Cypriot Undersecretary of Immigration Nikolas Yoannidis introduced that “international nationals who’ve been staying within the buffer zone for months can be moved from there inside two or three weeks.” In line with the information, Yoannidis stated in his assertion after the Greek Parliament Inside Affairs Committee assembly: “We’ve got obtained good indicators that some nations will settle for a few of these folks, so this difficulty can be resolved within the subsequent two or three weeks.” he stated. Yoannidis, who didn’t reply the journalists' query to which nations the foreigners staying within the buffer zone could be despatched to, stated: “We are not looking for non permanent camps within the buffer zone. “This can be a problematic state of affairs that have to be eradicated.” he stated. Yoannidis argued that individuals staying within the camps within the buffer zone at present stated that they got here to the Island from Turkey by air or sea, and that Turkey “not less than tolerated” the bringing of irregular immigrants to the Island, and stated, “We won’t bear the burden of Turkey's negligence.” he stated. Yoannidis acknowledged that the barbed wires that the Greek administration put up alongside the buffer zone (to the Southern Cyprus aspect) underneath the pretext of stopping the move of immigrants can be eliminated within the coming days, and famous that the ensuing materials can be used for RMMO or “different wants of the state.” Yoannidis stated that presently the variety of folks briefly accommodated within the migrant camps in Purnara, Köfünye (Geçitkale) and Limni till their asylum requests are examined is 800, and that there are 21 thousand 800 asylum functions ready to be examined at present. Yoannidis additionally stated that a lot of the functions had been rejected on the grounds that the candidates got here from secure nations and the folks had been shortly despatched again. Politis reported the information underneath the title “Cyprus Continues to Be Uncovered”. The newspaper, which included the related letter from the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, wrote that the Greek Cypriot administration, which insists that its selections for dozens of immigrants who’ve been stranded within the buffer zone for half a 12 months are appropriate, resisted worldwide criticism and introduced that it’ll transfer these folks to “different nations which might be 'keen' to host them” within the coming weeks.