The variety of migrants stranded within the buffer zone has reached 86 as arrivals on the Inexperienced Line with out entry to asylum procedures proceed unabated, the UN Excessive Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) mentioned on Tuesday.
Following six migrants on Sunday, 13 extra migrants arrived within the space earlier within the day.
Since mid-Could, dozens of migrants arriving within the buffer zone from the north through Turkey have been denied entry to asylum procedures by the Republic of Cyprus.
The federal government cited the Inexperienced Line regulation, however the coverage has been criticised by human rights consultants and has triggered battle with the UN.
There are at the moment eight kids within the buffer zone, considered one of whom is unaccompanied. “We’re in open and fixed communication with UNFICYP and UNHCR,” Everlasting Secretary of the Ministry of Migration Lambros Kaoullas advised the Cyprus Mail.
To date, the dialogue is “going effectively” and efforts are underway to discover a answer “so that folks within the tents don’t endure.” The EU Fee has beforehand burdened the correct of migrants to hunt asylum attributable to safety issues. A day earlier, some migrants made a “timid” try and enter government-controlled areas however had been stopped by police, in line with Menelaos Savva, a group chief close to Avlona.
