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People smugglers \u201care advertising voyages to Cyprus on social media\u201d<\/strong>, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Speaking to mukhtars, he said the phenomenon of smugglers setting sail from Lebanon is \u201cnow becoming so commonplace that we must also look at ways in which Lebanon can intensify its efforts to arrest the smugglers who operate in Lebanon itself.\u201d
\nHe said promoting the arrest of smugglers operating in Lebanon is \u201cvery important for us\u201d.
\n\u201cIt is now a business, unfortunately, with many millions worth of income for them<\/strong>. Cyprus, due to its proximity, is the easiest destination,\u201d he said.
\nTo combat this, he said, \u201cour aim is, in cooperation with the Lebanese authorities, to see if ways can be found to increase Lebanon\u2019s ability to police its coasts.\u201d
\nAsked whether it is possible to prevent the boats from entering Cypriot waters, he said \u201cthe Republic of Cyprus faithfully observes its international agreements for the management of vessels approaching its territorial waters.\u201d
\nHe pointed out that there have been occasions on which the occupants of approaching migrant boats have elected to sink their boats \u201cso it automatically becomes a search and rescue operation<\/strong>.\u201d
\nIn addition, he said \u201cthere is no way for us to practically prevent people from entering our territorial waters. The sea is not a border or a fence and nothing can be put in place to prevent their passage.
\n\u201cIf there is an attempt to prevent it, they sink the boats or, as we have seen in the past, they throw children into the sea to force the coast guard to take them to land.\u201d
\nHe also spoke on the matter of migrants arriving from Lebanon not being returned there, in spite of an \u201cinformal agreement\u201d paving the way for returns being signed last year.
\n\u201cThere have been major reactions to this in Lebanese society because a very large number of Syrians are hosted in the country,\u201d he said, and therefore, \u201cLebanon is now refusing to accept boats back<\/strong>.\u201d
\nHe added, \u201creturns without the consent of the destination country, in this case Lebanon, are not possible.\u201d
\nOn the matter of potentially relocating arriving migrants to other countries, he said \u201cit has been a constant request on the part of Cyprus to carry out mandatory relocations of migrants to other member states, though this has not been adopted.\u201d
\nHowever, \u201cwe do have cooperation with some states such as Germany and France for voluntary relocations.\u201d
\nThis cooperation, he said, allowed a total of 1,100 migrants to leave Cyprus<\/strong> for other European Union member states during the month of March.
\nDespite this, concern in government regarding the developing situation has not yet been alleviated, with Ioannou saying \u201cwe are just concerned about the trend currently being observed.
\n\u201cIf it continues with daily arrivals, we will have a problem in terms of our infrastructure, our human resources, and our ability to manage the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fact: People smugglers are advertising voyages to Cyprus on social media. <\/p>\n

Summary: Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou stated that people smugglers are using social media to advertise voyages to Cyprus. He also mentioned the increasing trend of smugglers setting sail from Lebanon and the challenges in preventing boats from entering Cypriot waters. Additionally, there have been difficulties in returning migrants to Lebanon and efforts to relocate migrants to other European Union member 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