MIGRATION Commissioner points to Cyprus’ own history of displacement while urging stronger support and integration policies for refugees and asylum seekers. Photo credit: Unsplash Refugee protection is a matter of human rights, commissioner says Newsroom Human rights commissioner Maria Stylianou-Lottides has renewed her office’s commitment to protecting the rights of refugees and asylum seekers in a message marking World Refugee Day. READ MORE
No spectators at Tokyo 2020 Games torch lighting ceremony Tighter measures to protect against coronavirus resulted in the first Olympics in torch lighting ceremony in over 35 years ... Kathimerini Greece Newsroom 09/03/2020 | NEWS
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President of Cyprus to pay an official visit to Austria The leaders of the two countries are expected to discuss migration and the Cyprus problem Newsroom / CNA 09/03/2020 | NEWS
EU executive tells Turkey to take migrants back from Greek border Mitsotakis to meet Merkel, Erdogan due in Brussels amid migration crisis Kathimerini Greece Newsroom 09/03/2020 | NEWS
UN police block protesters at Ledra checkpoint Turkish Cypriots holding flowers denied entry at Ledra, Greek Cypriot riot police on full alert Newsroom 09/03/2020 | NEWS
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Special force from Cyprus flies to Greece Republic of Cyprus deploys security force to Greece amid Evros migration crisis Newsroom 09/03/2020 | NEWS
