"The 356 registered as minors have never been left out of accommodation with heating and air conditioning" the Interior Minister said about "Pournara".
In the margin of his presence and after the end of the annual national commemoration of the hero Dimitrakis Papamiliades, in Agia Marina Xyliatou and regarding the events discussed in recent days regarding the First Reception Centre "Pournara" and especially on the issue of minors, he stressed the following: "I want to categorically say again that, despite the huge number gathered at "Pournara", which is far beyond the capacity of the Centre, all 356 registered as minors have never been left out of accommodation with heating and air conditioning.
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Nouris stressed that all remain exactly and reside in specific such shelters. "Nevertheless, recognizing the large number we receive at the Center, and despite the fact that appropriate feeding is provided, as per the relevant specifications and everything that should be provided to them, at the initiative and instruction of the Minister of Interior 90 of the minors have been moved to a hotel unit in Larnaca, which is rented by the Ministry of Interior, in an effort to discharge the Center."
At the same time, he added that it is also by his own directive that the completion process has been started for those who have not yet completed the processes, so as to allow, in the next few days, their possible temporary relocation, despite the fact that the issue of relocation outside "Pournara" is not the responsibility of the Ministry of Interior.
"Nevertheless, in cooperation with the Social Welfare Services, we want to assist in this effort, so that we can relieve the Centre and provide the best conditions," he concluded.
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