NICOSIA, May 12 — Roni Amude hoped for a new life when he arrived in
Cyprus, fleeing the conflict in his homeland Syria, but more than two years later
he is desperate to leave.
“As Cyprus is in Europe, I thought I’d get something here,”
complained Amude, who, like many immigrants on the eastern Mediterranean
island, is disillusioned after two and a half years in its immigration system.
Cyprus lies on the eastern limits of the European Union and is the
member state closest to Syria, where a bloody civil war that erupted three
years ago has forced millions to flee.
It also shares a porous border with the Turkish-occupied north. But
Cyprus has not seen a wave of illegal immigration in recent years, unlike other
Mediterranean islands.
“It comes from the fact that we have no policy of integration in
Cyprus—it is trying to remain a dead end,” said Nicoletta Charalambidou, a
lawyer specialising in immigration.
NICOSIA,
May 12 — Roni Amude hoped for a new life when he arrived in Cyprus,
fleeing the conflict in his homeland Syria, but more than two years
later he is desperate to leave.
“As Cyprus is in Europe, I thought I’d get something here,” complained
Amude, who, like many immigrants on the eastern Mediterranean island, is
disillusioned after two and a half years in its immigration system.
Cyprus lies on the eastern limits of the European Union and is the member state closest to Syria, where a bloody civil war that erupted three years ago has forced millions to flee.
It also shares a porous border with the Turkish-occupied north. But Cyprus has not seen a wave of illegal immigration in recent years, unlike other Mediterranean islands.
“It comes from the fact that we have no policy of integration in Cyprus—it is trying to remain a dead end,” said Nicoletta Charalambidou, a lawyer specialising in immigration.
- See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/features/article/asylum-seekers-immigrants-find-dead-end-in-cyprus#sthash.A8kLxbII.dpuf
Cyprus lies on the eastern limits of the European Union and is the member state closest to Syria, where a bloody civil war that erupted three years ago has forced millions to flee.
It also shares a porous border with the Turkish-occupied north. But Cyprus has not seen a wave of illegal immigration in recent years, unlike other Mediterranean islands.
“It comes from the fact that we have no policy of integration in Cyprus—it is trying to remain a dead end,” said Nicoletta Charalambidou, a lawyer specialising in immigration.
- See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/features/article/asylum-seekers-immigrants-find-dead-end-in-cyprus#sthash.A8kLxbII.dpuf
NICOSIA,
May 12 — Roni Amude hoped for a new life when he arrived in Cyprus,
fleeing the conflict in his homeland Syria, but more than two years
later he is desperate to leave.
“As Cyprus is in Europe, I thought I’d get something here,” complained
Amude, who, like many immigrants on the eastern Mediterranean island, is
disillusioned after two and a half years in its immigration system.
Cyprus lies on the eastern limits of the European Union and is the member state closest to Syria, where a bloody civil war that erupted three years ago has forced millions to flee.
It also shares a porous border with the Turkish-occupied north. But Cyprus has not seen a wave of illegal immigration in recent years, unlike other Mediterranean islands.
“It comes from the fact that we have no policy of integration in Cyprus—it is trying to remain a dead end,” said Nicoletta Charalambidou, a lawyer specialising in immigration.
- See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/features/article/asylum-seekers-immigrants-find-dead-end-in-cyprus#sthash.A8kLxbII.dpuf
Cyprus lies on the eastern limits of the European Union and is the member state closest to Syria, where a bloody civil war that erupted three years ago has forced millions to flee.
It also shares a porous border with the Turkish-occupied north. But Cyprus has not seen a wave of illegal immigration in recent years, unlike other Mediterranean islands.
“It comes from the fact that we have no policy of integration in Cyprus—it is trying to remain a dead end,” said Nicoletta Charalambidou, a lawyer specialising in immigration.
- See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/features/article/asylum-seekers-immigrants-find-dead-end-in-cyprus#sthash.A8kLxbII.dpuf
