A meeting at the Presidential Palace under the President of the Republic on the issue of the management of migrants in Cyprus with the participation of the Local Authorities is called for by the Mayor of Pafos, Mr. Faidonos called on the Government to implement effective policies to manage this issue, noting that the issue of migratory flows and thousands of refugees will continue and will exist for the next ten to twenty years.[/P]Therefore, he continued, "political parties, government, ministers and the President of the Republic himself" should take the issue very seriously, noting that he does not raise the issue of xenophobia.
The Mayor of Paphos noted that when asked personally if the city of Paphos is able to accept these unaccompanied children without protest - regardless of the information that a percentage of these children are not minors - he replied in the affirmative. He also noted that he thought they were young children found in war zones.
Video of Friday's incidents
However, he said that after the children were transferred to a hotel in Paphos they do not appear to be under the care of social workers or receiving education and that there does not appear to be any attempt to educate them in the Greek language.
He then referred to the continuous complaints he has been receiving from local residents since the 8th day of settlement of unaccompanied minors.
The Mayor of Paphos noted that the relevant Ministers must take their responsibilities.
Referring to yesterday's announcement of the results of the decennial census, Mr. Faidonos said that "based on data for the year 2021, 38% of the population of Paphos District are non-Cypriots", adding that "based on what has emerged in the last six months, the percentage has risen to 40%".
Indicatively, he said that at the moment 60% Cypriots and 40% non-Cypriots live in Paphos, noting however that the 40% includes expatriate Greek Pontians or some other Europeans or even from third countries who have been living in Paphos for thirty to forty years, have learned the Greek language and have integrated.
Faidonos said that Paphos has not been able to absorb and integrate for the last thirty years since, as he said, it has reached its limits and the big loser is education.
He also said that on some issues he has given credit to the Ministry of Education but on this issue he said "the Ministry of Education has failed".
He added that "the extreme unionism of the PDOED that whatever programs they try to bring, they raise issues of rights, unionism , hours and days of teaching", as a result, he said, "12% of the students do not speak Greek, but they are in the classes of 4th, 6th grade". Faidonos noted by way of example that there are classes where 70%-80% of the children in a class cannot count up to ten in Greek.
We are sending out a distress signal on the issue of percentages as Paphos, he said, noting that "we cannot bear any more flows and that there must be central planning."
Source: CNA
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[Cyprus Times] Faidonos calls for a meeting at the Presidential Palace after the wild incidents at the unaccompanied minors' place in Paphos (video)
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