Wide meeting on the issue of the highest priority, The President of the Republic, Nicos Anastasiades, will preside on Tuesday, 19 April, over a wide-ranging meeting on the top priority issue of migration, with the participation of ministers, officials and civil servants. The meeting is scheduled for 10.30am at the Presidential Palace.
Specifically, the meeting will be attended by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Justice, Defence, the Attorney General, the Chiefs of Police and the National Guard, as well as officials.
As the Director of the Press Office of the President of the Republic, Andreas Joseph, said in a written statement, "the migration issue is a high priority issue for the Government, as Cyprus is the EU country that receives the most migrants in relation to its population".
Citing data available to the relevant services, Mr Joseph said that the largest percentage of asylum seekers are persons who are systematically and organised being pushed by Turkey towards the free areas of Cyprus through the occupied territories.
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