Twelve of the 50 asylum seekers that have been chosen for relocation to the Vatican from Cyprus departed on Thursday, an Inside Ministry press launch introduced.
The asylum seekers have been chosen forward of Pope Francis go to to Cyprus earlier this month.
The Ministry of Inside stated that the Pontiff’s “symbolic gesture constitutes a recognition of the difficulties that Cyprus is dealing with with the rising stream of migrants who illegally cross from the Inexperienced Line into the government-controlled areas after arriving within the Turkish occupied areas from Turkey, which systematically instrumentalises the migrant situation vis-à-vis Cyprus”.
We wish to warmly thank Pope Francis and the Holy See for his or her symbolic motion and hope that it will likely be the beginning of considerable solidarity from different EU member states in the direction of the Republic of Cyprus, the press launch added.
The Vatican stated the Rome-based Sant`Egidio Group, working with governments, had organized to deliver the asylum-seekers from Cyprus to Italy within the coming weeks. It stated 12 individuals can be transferred initially.