{"id":8308,"date":"2024-04-15T18:01:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T15:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=8308"},"modified":"2024-04-15T18:01:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T15:01:40","slug":"suspension-of-syrian-asylum-examinations-already-in-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=8308","title":{"rendered":"Suspension of Syrian asylum examinations already in force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The decision of the Republic of Cyprus to suspend the examination of asylum applications from Syrian nationals is in full force, government sources told philenews.<br \/>\nIt reported that an official message was sent early in the morning to all members of the Asylum Service, instructing them to forward all case files to the archive.<br \/>\nAll interviews scheduled for today with applicants who had sought asylum in Cyprus have been postponed until further notice.<br \/>\nThe procedure for an irregular migrant is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The migrant submits a request to an official, who briefly records the reasons why the individual left their country.<\/li>\n<li>The migrant is then called for an interview and their application is assessed by the Asylum Service to determine whether there are reasonable grounds to grant asylum.<\/li>\n<li>If the application is rejected, the applicant is given one month to appeal the decision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>10,000 pending applications<\/strong><br \/>\nThere are currently 10,000 pending applications, Director of the Office of the Minister of the Interior Loizos Hadjivasiliou told the Cyprus News Agency.<br \/>\nHe explained that the decision taken by the Republic of Cyprus is based on a European mechanism that is activated in cases of increased and exceptional migratory flows.<br \/>\nThe suspension of applications will remain in effect until at least the completion of efforts at the European Union level to designate specific regions of Syria as safe, philenews reported.<br \/>\nThe return of Syrian migrants who do not receive asylum is a challenge for the government, as their resettlement in Syria is deemed precarious due to the situation in the neighbouring country.<br \/>\nThe Republic of Cyprus intends to exhaust all available time frames before resuming the examination of applications. Specifically, a letter was to be sent to the European Commission today, informing them that Cyprus is activating a relevant directive by suspending the examination of applications within the provided time frame of 21 months.<br \/>\nAccording to the announced measures, new arrivals will be able to submit their applications (without them being examined) and will then be transferred to reception centres where they will be provided with in-kind reception conditions, namely food and accommodation, but without the right to receive benefits.<br \/>\nThose who choose to leave the reception centre will not be entitled to any benefits.<br \/>\nAdditionally, they will not have the right to access employment for the first nine months.<br \/>\n<strong>No legal basis<\/strong><br \/>\nCyprus Refugee Council coordinator Corina Drousiotou told in-cyprus on Monday that there is no legal basis for excluding a specific nationality from asylum applications.<br \/>\nShe explained that a similar measure was tried during the administration of Nicos Anastasiades, but failed to bring any results.<br \/>\n\u201cThis measure was also tried in 2022, during the previous government, and did not bring forward results, as it did not reduce the arrivals of Syrian nationals\u201d.<br \/>\nRead more:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-in-cyprus-com wp-block-embed-in-cyprus-com\"><\/figure>\n<p>asylum applications. asylum applications, Syrian nationals, suspension<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republic of Cyprus has decided to suspend the examination of asylum applications from Syrian nationals. This decision is based on a European mechanism activated in cases of increased migratory flows. There are currently 10,000 pending applications, and the suspension will remain in effect until specific regions of Syria are designated as safe. The government intends to exhaust all available time frames before resuming the examination of applications. The return of Syrian migrants who do not receive asylum is challenging due to the situation in Syria. There is no legal basis for excluding a specific nationality from asylum applications, according to the Cyprus Refugee Council coordinator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1521,1447,4586,1972,4433,1794,6490,2152,5732,3,27,1841,2404,4382,415,578,5471,5525,5319,148,4442,1259,821,3331,882,4593,1908,1673,3225,2871,4441,6386,4544,2471,532,6524,114,6305],"class_list":["post-8308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-1521","tag-accommodation","tag-anastasiades","tag-appeal","tag-arrivals","tag-asylum","tag-asylum-applications","tag-completion","tag-conditions","tag-cyprus","tag-employment","tag-european-commission","tag-european-union","tag-food","tag-government","tag-in-cyprus","tag-increased-migratory-flows","tag-interview","tag-letter","tag-local","tag-message","tag-migrants","tag-migration","tag-news","tag-nicos-anastasiades","tag-office","tag-postponed","tag-procedure","tag-republic-of-cyprus","tag-request","tag-service","tag-situation","tag-suspension","tag-syria","tag-syrian-migrants","tag-syrian-nationals","tag-top-news","tag-who"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Suspension of Syrian asylum examinations already in force<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Republic of Cyprus has decided to suspend the examination of asylum applications from Syrian nationals. 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