{"id":8158,"date":"2024-04-14T15:01:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T12:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=8158"},"modified":"2024-04-14T15:01:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T12:01:35","slug":"cyprus-has-shown-sensitivity-president-says-after-syrian-asylum-applications-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=8158","title":{"rendered":"Cyprus has shown sensitivity, president says after Syrian asylum applications suspended"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cyprus-has-shown-sensitivity-president-says-after-syrian-asylum-applications-suspended.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Due to the recent mass arrival of Syrian asylum seekers, and pending developments on the issue of the reassessment of Syria\u2019s status and the designation of safe areas, Cyprus has decided <strong>to suspend the examination of asylum applications in all cases of persons of Syrian origin<\/strong>, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou reiterated on Sunday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-102825433\">\n<div id=\"cypru-93777672\" data-cypru-trackid=\"478051\" data-cypru-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cypru-target\">\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-7754592826365-0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Speaking after a snap meeting of the National Security Council, he said the decision was also taken in the light of developments in the Middle East region.<br \/>\n\u201cIt was also decided to immediately withdraw their subsidiary protection status or reject applications from persons who have demonstrably travelled back to areas of Syria in the last 12 months through occupied areas,\u201d Ioannou said.<br \/>\n<strong>These people will cease to have access to any rights deriving from the temporary protection regime<\/strong> and steps will be taken to repatriate them either by voluntary return or through compulsory expulsion when and if possible, the minister said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe situation is constantly being assessed and decisions will be taken on the basis of planning, depending on developments. The situation is under control and our actions are aimed at addressing potential risks,\u201d he concluded.<br \/>\nCommenting on the same issue, President Nikos Christodoulides said it would be addressed at informal European Council in Brussels on Wednesday, where he \u201choped that decisions would be taken\u201d.<br \/>\nThe move was first announced on Saturday night by Christodoulides in a post on Twitter.<br \/>\n\u201c<strong>We are in an extraordinary state of affairs<\/strong>, decisions are difficult,\u201d he said but taken \u201cwithin the framework of legality, which have a single objective: to safeguard the interests of the Republic of Cyprus, the Cypriot people.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Republic of Cyprus, he added, \u201chas shown over time its sensitivities both to refugees and to difficult situations that exist in our neighbourhood and it is within this framework that we are responsible for the Cypriot people to take such decisions.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019ve said it for a long time, that we\u2019re going to make decisions that some people might not like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyprus has decided to suspend the examination of asylum applications for persons of Syrian origin due to the recent mass arrival of Syrian asylum seekers. These individuals will lose access to rights deriving from the temporary protection regime and steps will be taken to repatriate them. President Nikos Christodoulides stated that decisions were made within the framework of legality to safeguard the interests of the Republic of Cyprus and its people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8159,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1794,2726,2510,1031,3,5193,4985,250,3330,1346,69,1874,6150,3331,193,4647,4843,503,4448,6381,531,3225,1812,6382,827,3660,6353,2907,2471,6380,169,6305],"class_list":["post-8158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-asylum","tag-asylum-seekers","tag-brussels","tag-christodoulides","tag-cyprus","tag-decisions","tag-developments","tag-google","tag-google-news","tag-meeting","tag-middle-east","tag-national-security","tag-national-security-council","tag-news","tag-nikos-christodoulides","tag-occupied-areas","tag-president","tag-president-nikos-christodoulides","tag-protection","tag-reassessment-of-syrias-status","tag-refugees","tag-republic-of-cyprus","tag-rights","tag-safe-areas","tag-security","tag-security-council","tag-snap-meeting","tag-suspended","tag-syria","tag-syrian-asylum-seekers","tag-twitter","tag-who"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cyprus has shown sensitivity, president says after Syrian asylum applications suspended<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"asylum applications. 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