THE UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said it was greatly concerned over deteriorating conditions of asylum seekers in Cyprus, offered to support the government and called for accelerating actions on contingency planning.
In a statement, the UNHCR mentioned the instance of more than 100 Kurdish men, women and children of Syrian origin who have “remained for over two weeks without shelter in the streets of Nicosia at the doorsteps of the ministry of interior,” said Nasr Ishak, UNHCR Representative for Cyprus.
“We have examined those cases and conveyed to the competent Cypriot authorities our recommendations for corrective actions in accordance with the Cyprus refugee law.”
The UNHCR said it had no doubt that the economic crisis and the drastic measures that have followed were bound to have widespread impact on society and affect a segment of the Cypriot population.
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