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News on migration and asylum from around the region - Nouvelles de la région sur les questions de migration et d'asile

Monday, December 19, 2011

[Cyprus] AI: Inside Cyprus’ migrant detention centres

Hundreds of migrants awaiting deportation from Cyprus are being held for months in squalid conditions with limited access to legal and medical aid. A few muted rays of light seep through the barred cell windows of block ten of Nicosia’s Central Prison. Not many miles down the road, a light breeze sweeps over long sandy beaches and tourists wander at their leisure, free to enjoy the fresh air and winter sunshine.

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