by Doros Polykarpou | Dec 19, 2009 | Policy Papers
Μνημόνιο των Μη Κυβερνητικών Οργανώσεων ΚΙΣΑ, MIGS, Pregnancy Care Centre και STIGMA στην Κοινοβουλευτική Επιτροπή Εγκληματικότητας αναφορικά με τη συζήτηση του θέματος «Ο συντονισμός των αρμόδιων κρατικών υπηρεσιών και των εθελοντικών οργανώσεων στην προσπάθεια για...
by Doros Polykarpou | Jun 29, 2009 | Policy Papers
In Europe, the European Convention of Human Rights and its Court (ECtHR) as well as the community legal order with the European Court of Justice with exclusive jurisdiction to interpret community law, are of particular importance with regard to asylum procedures and...
by Doros Polykarpou | Jan 19, 2009 | Policy Papers
A. Access to Asylum Procedures According to the asylum legislation in Cyprus, asylum applications cannot be submitted from outside the country and no protected entry procedures or protection visas exist. Cyprus being a member of the European Union, although not yet...
by Doros Polykarpou | May 25, 2008 | Policy Papers, Uncategorized
Detention of migrants According to the Aliens and Immigration Law migrants are detained for the purpose of deportation on the basis of administrative decisions (detention and deportation orders) of the Migration Officer and not on the basis of any court decision. The...
by Doros Polykarpou | May 25, 2008 | Policy Papers, Uncategorized
Application for Asylum. Upon arrival in Cyprus to seek protection (Asylum) the asylum seeker should visit the nearest District Immigration Office as soon as possible, without any unjustified delay, and ask to submit an application for asylum. Comments: Despite the...
by Doros Polykarpou | May 25, 2008 | Policy Papers
Facilities The Kofinou Reception Centre is the only governmental reception centre for Asylum Seekers in Cyprus. It is composed by 18 rectangle prefabricated units. Four units are used for the administration, another four units as common spaces and two of them as...
