A boat with 93 Syrian refugees arrived shortly after midnight on the shores of Tillyria from the Turkish coast. The boat was driven by the Port Police who were monitoring its movements in the fishing shelter of Kato Pyrgos, where the refugees disembarked and after being transported by buses to the Polis Chrysochous police station for the procedural details of their control and registration, they will spend the night in the area today. at the Refugee Reception Center in Kokkinotrimithia.
Speaking on state radio, Interior Minister Socrates Hasikos expressed concern about the steady flow of migrants and fears that it would increase. He spoke of an organized circuit, which he treasures by promoting desperate people from Mersin. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed that it has information about the promotion of hundreds of more refugees in the coming days. "We honor all the agreements and we want to protect them from a humanitarian point of view, but we do not want to send the message that our semi-occupied island is a hotel for immigrants," he said.
Children under the age of 17 are the majority of immigrants, "in a miserable condition, distressed and wet" according to the Commonwealth of Kato Pyrgos, Tillyria, Nikos Cleanthous.
The 93 immigrants are of Syrian origin. 31 are men, 15 women (one pregnant) and 47 minors (27 boys and 20 girls).
It was found that 43-year-olds and 32-year-olds were prohibited immigrants, while in 50-year-olds entry to the Republic was prohibited and they were arrested to facilitate interrogations.
The competent authorities of the Republic of Cyprus were immediately mobilized after information that a boat carrying migrants was 8 nautical miles off Kormakitis and was heading towards the Tillyria Tower.
N. Kleanthous said that the geographical location of Kato Pyrgos Tillyria favors the influx of immigrants in the area, noting that it is urgent to properly staff the Port Police Station in Kato Pyrgos, but also to create a proper place for hospitality and reception of these people. outside the Hospital. Yesterday, there was a crowd in the health center.
Reporting to the police, the 93 refugees reported that the boat sailed from the Turkish port of Adana and, like the previous groups of refugees that arrived in Cyprus, paid sums of two thousand dollars per person to the traffickers for the voyage.
The passengers of the boat were offered food, clothing and other assistance by the competent services of the Republic who rushed to the area with the notification of the existence of the boat off the coast of Cyprus.
The examinations of the competent authorities continue in the first light of day to verify the existence of prohibited immigrants among the arrivals, so that their promotion to the reception center can begin later today. Police are also investigating the issue of traffickers, whether any of them were on the boat until his arrival in Cyprus or if there was an accomplice in it.
Source: Philenews