About 700 refugees from Ukraine have already applied for protection in Cyprus and the Department of Aliens and Immigration has issued the first special residence cards, which constitute the "passport" of these people in the country, who under the European directive are considered as persons in need of protection, said Interior Minister Nikos Nouris.
Responding to journalists' questions at the ministry, Nouris said, in particular, that "so far the Department of Aliens and Immigration has received around 700 applications for protection, which are being processed very quickly, concerning refugees who arrived in Cyprus after the start of the war on February 24 and are considered as people in need of protection under the European directive."
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