16 Congolese national deported from south Cyprus

The government of Cyprus said it has deported some foreigners, majority if whom are from Congo.

On Tuesday, June, 14, the Immigration Department in cooperation with the Belgian Authorities and Frontex carried out a joint flight of forced repatriation of third-country nationals, 16 of whom were citizens of Congo and had been under arrest.

All foreign nationals have been returned to their country of origin safely.

It is noted that since 1 January 2022, three separate joint operations of repatriation of third-country nationals have been carried out:

• 19 January for Congo
• 29 March for Bangladesh
• 26 April for Pakistan

Also, since 1 January, the Police has deportation/repatriated 2,332 third-country nationals.