{"id":8792,"date":"2024-04-19T02:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T23:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=8792"},"modified":"2024-04-19T02:00:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T23:00:17","slug":"cyprus-denies-allegations-of-migrant-pushbacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=8792","title":{"rendered":"Cyprus denies allegations of migrant pushbacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cyprus-denies-allegations-of-migrant-pushbacks.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Cyprus on Thursday categorically denied<\/strong> allegations of pushing back and threatening migrants during an operation off the coast of Lebanon, where five boats were returned.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-1428501278\">\n<div id=\"cypru-1075737431\" data-cypru-trackid=\"478051\" data-cypru-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cypru-target\">\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-6717701682996-0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Asked by the Cyprus Mail about NGO reports alleging threats against the migrants, a government source said: \u201cWe categorically deny these allegations.\u201d<br \/>\nThe source said that the individuals were provided with food and blankets before being sent back, refuting any claims of threats by Cypriot authorities.<br \/>\nAccording to the source, Cyprus also did not pushback any of the boats, highlighting that pushbacks means to tow the boats back to where they came from.<br \/>\nHowever, this explanation has clashed with how the UNHCR and EU define the term pushback.<br \/>\nIt is defined as: \u201cVarious measures taken by states which result in\u00a0<strong>migrants, including applicants for international protection<\/strong>, being summarily forced back to the country from where they attempted to cross or have crossed an international border without access to\u00a0<strong>international protection<\/strong>\u00a0or asylum procedures or denied of any individual assessment on their protection needs which may lead to a violation of the principle of\u00a0<strong>non-refoulement<\/strong>.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Cedar Centre for Legal Studies in Lebanon confirmed to the Cyprus Mail that <strong>the people were eventually given food and some blankets, <\/strong>after being in the presence of Cypriot authorities for six to nine hours.<br \/>\nAccording to the Centre, who spoke with some of the migrants, the authorities at first threatened them with guns, as had been reported a day ago by international NGO Alarm Phone.<br \/>\nSpeaking later in the day, deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou said: \u201c<strong>The Republic of Cyprus, as a member of the European Union, respects the international conventions it has signed and acts within the framework of legality.<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cThese people are not endangered by the vessels of the Republic of Cyprus that are patrolling the coast, but they are endangered from the moment they enter the fishing boats, which are exploited by these people who make a lot of money from the circuit. <strong>The end all and be all of the Republic of Cyprus is not to hunt down or punish these people<\/strong> but to safeguard its vital space by all means. It is unfair to judge the Republic of Cyprus and society as inhumane.\u201d<br \/>\nAntoniou clarified that the Republic of Cyprus\u2019 approach to the migration problem was and remains humanitarian \u201cbut everyone needs to understand the space and resources of the Republic of Cyprus\u201d.<br \/>\nHe also said that the stories written about the boats being sent back create problems with Lebanon, as the Lebanese media question why they should be required to take the people back.<br \/>\nInterior Minister Constantinos Ioannou also weighed in on the debate on the treatment of the migrants sent back to Lebanon.<br \/>\n\u201c<strong>Everything we do to address the increased migration flows falls within the framework of legality and international regulations<\/strong>,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nThe migrants were at sea for almost a week, and international NGOs had condemned their treatment at the hands of the Cypriot authorities who approached their boat.<br \/>\nThe government has also recently put a freeze on accepting Syrian asylum applications, and will instead be keeping them in migrant camps in Cyprus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyprus denied allegations of pushing back and threatening migrants during an operation off the coast of Lebanon. The individuals were provided with food and blankets before being sent back, and Cyprus did not push back any of the boats. The UNHCR and EU define pushback as forcibly returning migrants without access to international protection or asylum procedures. The Republic of Cyprus stated that it respects international conventions and acts within the framework of legality. Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou emphasized that their actions regarding migration flows comply with international regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8793,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6552,1418,1794,6490,1219,117,1469,6902,3,379,2404,4382,250,3330,415,3029,1235,4897,187,6242,412,6693,2952,1259,821,5485,6219,2628,3331,6723,4371,4448,7060,4428,3225,6388,3260,6928,335,3984,4861,170,6305],"class_list":["post-8792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-access","tag-allegations","tag-asylum","tag-asylum-applications","tag-boat","tag-boats","tag-coast","tag-cypriot-authorities","tag-cyprus","tag-eu","tag-european-union","tag-food","tag-google","tag-google-news","tag-government","tag-government-spokesman","tag-humanitarian","tag-increased-migration-flows","tag-international","tag-judge","tag-lebanon","tag-legality","tag-media","tag-migrants","tag-migration","tag-migration-flows","tag-migration-problem","tag-money","tag-news","tag-ngos","tag-operation","tag-protection","tag-pushbacks","tag-regulations","tag-republic-of-cyprus","tag-safeguard","tag-sea","tag-six","tag-space","tag-threatening","tag-treatment","tag-violation","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 denies allegations of migrant pushbacks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cyprus denies allegations of migrant pushbacks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cyprus denied allegations of pushing back and threatening migrants during an operation off the coast of Lebanon. 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