Three migrant boats carrying approximately 150 people arrived in Cyprus on Monday afternoon.
\nThe people are believed to have started their journey from Lebanon.
\nAfter their arrival, authorities escorted them to Ayia Napa Marina.
\nFamagusta Police were on the scene to count and register the migrants before transporting them to the Pournara Reception Centre in Kokkinotrimithia.
\nThis is the second such incident in as many days.
\nOn Sunday, five boats carrying 271 migrants arrived in Cyprus.
\nFour Syrian nationals were arrested on suspicion of being the boat pilots.
\nThe National Security Council has convened an emergency meeting for tomorrow, to discuss the issue of migration.migrant boats. migrant boats, Cyprus, migration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Three migrant boats carrying around 150 people arrived in Cyprus, believed to have started their journey from Lebanon. Authorities escorted them to Ayia Napa Marina and then to the Pournara Reception Centre in Kokkinotrimithia. This is the second incident in two days, with a total of 271 migrants arriving on five boats. Four Syrian nationals were arrested as boat pilots. The National Security Council will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow to address the migration issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1340,218,1219,117,3,1543,469,412,148,347,1346,1479,1259,821,1874,184,827,3660,114],"class_list":["post-6458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-arrested","tag-ayia-napa","tag-boat","tag-boats","tag-cyprus","tag-famagusta","tag-kokkinotrimithia","tag-lebanon","tag-local","tag-marina","tag-meeting","tag-migrant-boats","tag-migrants","tag-migration","tag-national-security","tag-police","tag-security","tag-security-council","tag-top-news"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n