The Republic of Ireland on Thursday donated €25,000 to the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), taking the total of donations made by the country since 2006 to €450,000.
The CMP said the money “will support the goal of identifying and returning the remains of the missing and ending the uncertainty which has affected families for so many years.”
As of October 31, the remains of a total of 1,036 missing persons in Cyprus have been identified.
The CMP believes a total of 967 people are still missing, 767 of whom are Greek Cypriots and 200 are Turkish Cypriots. Five missing persons have been identified so far in 2023.