Fifty unaccompanied minors were transferred from Pournara to Paphos on Wednesday, Deputy Minister of Social Welfare Anastasia Anthousi said, speaking to reporters after the conclusion of a press conference on pensioners' benefits.
"All the relevant services are there," she said, "and so are the institutions, the medical services, the police for security issues."
Anthousi said that in the next few days, after the operation of the shelter has been examined, the rest of the children will be transferred.
"We have decided together with the Social Welfare Services that the children will be transferred in two more phases, with the aim of completing their transfer in the next few days."
She said that everything is going well, according to the information she has so far.
"We are in consultation and together with the volunteers and the PDOED who have expressed their willingness to assist the project for extracurricular activities and everyone is there, social partners and relevant agencies, to make the procedures and complete the evaluation of the minors," he added.
In response to a reporter's question about what is being done with the remaining unaccompanied minors, Anthousi said that for those minors for whom the process of evaluation has been completed, they will be transferred gradually. "For the rest, we are in consultation with the Interior Minister and the Asylum Service, so that the procedures in Pournara can be accelerated," she said.
"I definitely want to express my concerns because this is an interim, transitional solution. The ongoing migratory flows will create a problem for us because the structures are not in place when these processes are completed," he said.
Source: CNA
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