The ten immigrants from Syria, who were spotted in the early hours of the morning aboard a boat in the sea area near Protaras, live in the house of their relatives in Nicosia.
According to the Police, the ten people, members of a family of five and a family of four, and a friend of theirs, went to Nicosia in the morning to stay at a relative's house.
According to the Police, they started yesterday from Syria with their own inflatable boat to come to Cyprus and stay with their relatives in Nicosia.
The ten migrants are in good health, did not accept a proposal from the relevant services to be accommodated in a hotel and stated that they wanted to stay in the house of their relatives in Nicosia.
It is recalled that around 01:40 today at dawn, the police akamos "Akamas" sailed after locating a suspicious boat off Protaras.
The akatos approached the boat, which was carrying 10 migrants, who after boarding the akatos were transported safely to a port in the area. The boat they were on was also transported to the port.
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