MIGRATION Cyprus recorded the highest number of relocations among the five Mediterranean countries participating in the programme. Photo credit: Euronews video capture Cyprus completes EU voluntary relocation programme for 3,039 asylum applicants Newsroom Cyprus has completed its participation in the European Union’s Voluntary Solidarity Mechanism, a scheme designed to ease migration pressures on member states located at the EU’s external borders. READ MORE
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