Germany says it will accept 500 asylum seekers from Cyprus

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has told Cyprus President, Nicos Anastasiades that his country intend to accept 500 asylum seekers from Cyprus.

During their recent meeting in Berlin, Anastasiades asked for the EU’s assistance to handle migration to Cyprus.

According to CNA, the German Chancellor described immigration as a European problem and offered immediate German solidarity, by accepting 500 asylum seekers from Cyprus.

The increased immigration flows have made the Republic of Cyprus, by far, the first EU member state in terms of the number of political asylum applications in proportion to the population. In the first ten months of 2022, the number of applications exceeded 18,000.