https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-scraps-online-migration-appointments-after-scandal
Immigration authorities in the Republic of Cyprus scrapped an online appointment platform on Monday after allegations were made public about agents selling available slots to foreigners for profit and causing months of waiting for those who did not shell out the cash...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/suspect-in-woman-s-cliff-death-disputes-forensic-report
The main suspect in the cliff death of a Ukrainian woman has denied wrongdoing and further called for a private forensic expert to conduct a second post mortem, after state pathologists suggested there were signs his girlfriend had been raped and strangled to death...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/uk-to-pay-france-half-a-billion-pounds-to-curb-channel-crossings
Britain is to pay France almost half a billion pounds over the next three years in a high-stakes gamble to end Channel migrant crossings....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-law-enforcement-to-shed-schengen-s-lone-sheep-status
Justice Minister Anna Koukkides-Prokopiou has said she is pleased with the launch of the Schengen Information System (SIS) and the fact that the Republic of Cyprus will be able to have access to the system starting from the end of July. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/29-third-country-nationals-deported-from-cyprus-yesterday
The Aliens and Immigration Unit in cooperation with the Greek authorities and FRONTEX organized on Tuesday a joint flight of forced return of third nationals....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-asks-for-more-assistance-to-stem-green-line-flow
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior Dr. Costas Constantinou requested during the informal Ministerial Meeting of the MED5 (Greece, Italy, Spain, Malta and Cyprus) the assistance of FRONTEX to limit the flow of irregular migrants from Turkey through the Green Line, while the issue of the Green Line was also included in the joint communiqué that was signed by the participants....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/rishi-sunak-gets-tough-on-irregular-immigration
Prime minister Rishi Sunak will introduce new laws this week barring anyone arriving in the UK by small boats across the English Channel from claiming asylum....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/international-reaction-to-christodoulides-election
Reports on the results of the presidential election in Cyprus are dominated by what will happen the following day in Cyprus and the surrounding area. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-does-right-by-wronged-farm-workers
A foreign worker who says he fell out of status after being wronged in a labor dispute is getting support from Cypriot authorities, along with over a dozen suspected victims of labor exploitation after police, labor, and immigration officers coordinated a raid on a farm in Famagusta district after his complaint...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/asylum-seeking-busboy-detained-in-paphos
Paphos immigration police got busy on Election Day Sunday when they detained a busboy and his employer over suspected unauthorized work...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/disy-will-now-face-difficult-decisions
The embarrassed expressions on the faces of government and DISY executives who had rallied around Averof Neophytou after his defeat were indicative of the difficult dilemmas DISY will face in the coming day. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/americans-will-soon-need-to-pay-a-small-fee-to-enter-the-uk
U.S. citizens will soon have to apply for permission before their United Kingdom trips and pay a small fee to enter as part of the country's upcoming Electronic Travel Authorization scheme....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/wronged-worker-slams-cyprus-over-migration-crisis
Thousands of asylum seekers in Cyprus were sent back to their countries last year but one foreign worker, who feels he has no good options following a dispute with his employer, says many people who come to work on the island are forced to seek asylum because the system is not in their favor...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nouris-the-cause-of-cyprus-immigration-problem-is-turkey
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Monday that Turkey is the eliciting factor of the migration issue in Cyprus, speaking at a press conference where he presented the work of his Ministry during his term....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/more-than-100-thousand-foreigners-waiting-for-german-citizenship
The number of foreigners on the wait to become German citizens through naturalization has overpassed 100,000, and many of them have been waiting for as long as three years now to obtain their status....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/38-more-illegal-immigrants-repatriated-in-january-this-year
In 2022, 7.5 thousand third-country nationals who had been living illegally in the Republic of Cyprus were deported, and 38 more people were deported on January 24....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-wants-to-send-migrants-back-to-their-country-of-origin
European Union migration ministers meet on Thursday to discuss visa restrictions and better coordination inside the bloc to be able to send more people with no right to asylum in Europe back to their home countries including Iraq....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/google-cutting-12-000-jobs
Google's parent Alphabet Inc said on Friday it is cutting about 12,000 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, as the technology sector reels from layoffs and companies stake their futures on artificial intelligence (AI)....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/migration-nikos-christodoulides-can-and-wants-to-deal-with-it
One of the biggest and most serious problems Cyprus faces now, and one of the biggest challenges, is the issue of migration. Our country must deal with disproportionate flows of migrants, both in relation to its size and resources and in relation to its population....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/tech-companies-calling-for-employee-naturalizations-after-5-years
Following the 2023 Presidential Elections and the resumption of the meetings of the House of Representatives, ICT companies will begin "pushing" for the right to apply for naturalization after 5 years of residence and work in the Republic of Cyprus,...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-country-s-digitization-and-other-stories
We heard a lot and very little during this election. Lots of one-liners, 'cockfighting', insults, and histrionics. Nothing was said regarding the substance. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/how-do-we-assimilate-immigrant-children-into-our-educational-system
As our great George Seferis would say, let's speak plainly. Today, in practice, how do we welcome a child who, for a variety of reasons, finds himself in a classroom where no one, or almost no one, speaks the same language as him, ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/presidential-debate-boring-hilarious-and-chaotic-but-otherwise-satisfactory
Averof Neophytou, Andreas Mavroyiannis, Nikos Christodoulides, Christos Christou, Achilleas Demetriades, Giorgos Kolokasidis, and Konstantinos Christofides clashed in another debate last night which was aired on TV stations Alpha, Ant1, Sigma, and Omega....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/portugal-s-golden-visa-program-netted-€654-2-million-in-2022
Investment in Portugal through golden visas in 2022 reached €654.2 million, representing a 41.9 per cent increase compared to the previous year....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/spain-s-irregular-migration-decreased-by-25-6-last-year
Data provided by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior has revealed that irregular immigration to Spain during the past year decreased by 25.6 percent, from 41,945 arrivals recorded in 2021 to 31,219 in 2022....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/germany-s-new-right-to-residence-effective-as-of-january-1st-2023
Germany’s much-discussed Right to Residence and other laws making it easier for foreigners in the country to make their stay legal, move to the country or gain permanent residency there, has become effective today, January 1, 2023....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/germany-passes-law-allowing-foreigners-to-easily-gain-residency
Germany’s Federal Parliament, Bundestag, has approved the amendments to the law on the right of residence and asylum for third-country citizens who are already in the country, with a majority of 371 votes....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/three-clicks-to-the-right
While MPs were voting on the budget for 2023, a group of citizens marched outside the parliament, carrying Greek flags, photos of Grivas, and placards labeling the MPs traitors. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/germany-eases-rules-for-internationals-to-obtain-citizenship
The federal government of Germany has unfolded its plans to introduce new changes to its immigration law, among others, to make it easier for internationals to obtain citizenship....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/scholz-ok-s-transfer-of-500-asylum-seekers-from-cyprus
Germany's solidarity with Cyprus on the migration issue was conveyed to President Nicos Anastasiades by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who, during their recent meeting in Berlin, expressed his country's intention to receive 500 asylum seekers from Cyprus....
