Greek Cypriot police deports 145 third-country nationals last week

A total of 145 persons were repatriated or deported from Cyprus during the last week, in the context of voluntary and mandatory repatriations of third-country (non-EU) nationals.

According to Greek Cypriot police report, since last Friday, police has arrested 47 individuals for illegal stay in Cyprus and launched procedures for their repatriation or deportation.

Also, 13 people were arrested during checks carried out on Friday across Limassol, Larnaca and Paphos.

Police stressed that it continues to focus its efforts aiming at maximising the number of repatriations of third-country nationals, in cooperation with other competent government services