The primary 14 migrants out of fifty chosen for relocation to the Vatican will depart on 16 December, stated on Saturday Inside Minister Nicos Nouris, who added that this quantity consists of the 2 who’ve been dwelling within the buffer zone.
In statements after the departure of Pope Francis at Larnaka Worldwide Airport, the Minister stated that the Pope’s go to was utterly important as other than the truth that it exhibits the importance of the relations between the 2 church buildings, officers have been additionally in a position to level out the peculiarities and issues Cyprus is dealing with.
He additionally stated the Pope’s gesture to relocate a complete of fifty immigrants clearly signifies how solidarity must be carried out and that is what Cyprus needs to be performed on a European stage.
The Inside Minister stated deliberations to decide on the migrants started 5 weeks in the past and a delegation from the Vatican arrived three weeks in the past. The primary 14 migrants, together with two individuals who have been staying for months within the buffer zone, will depart on 16 December. This was performed at our request and the understanding proven by the Pope, who was personally knowledgeable by the Minister of the Inside himself and by a letter Nouris had despatched.
The Minister stated the Pope was knowledgeable of the political drawback created by the presence of the 2 migrants within the buffer zone and the request to relocate them was accepted.
He expressed gratitude as a result of the Pope’s actions “clearly present how solidarity between states that face such critical issues, must be carried out.”
Invited to touch upon the 46 Syrian migrants who have been noticed on the Nicosia-Larnaca freeway in a single day, the Minister replied that a further 81 individuals had arrived final night time. It’s no coincidence that the President of the Republic of Cyprus has despatched a letter final month to the President of the European Fee, “clearly indicating that our nation is now in a really troublesome scenario”.
It is without doubt one of the points we put ahead to the Pope, that this small divided nation is dealing with a really critical and large drawback with the migration disaster, he added. We hope and look ahead to continued contact and affect by the Pope to additional assist the Republic of Cyprus, he added.