The issue of migrant returns will be high on Cyprus’ agenda when the island assumes the presidency of the EU Council in the first half of 2026, deputy minister for migration Nikolaos Ioannides said on Friday.
At the same time, he highlighted that more than 10,000 migrants left Cyprus in 2024 while asylum applications came to less than 7,000, down 41 per cent compared with a year ago and even
