The strong opposition and the intention to stand in the way of plans for extending the barbed wire in the buffer zone to their villages, are expressed by the residents of Deneia and Mammari, in a statement issued by the presidents of the community councils.
As the community leaders of Deneia Christakis Panagiotou and Mammaris Nikos Kotziapasiis report, after the cutting of huge areas with barbed wire in the villages of Peristerona, Akaki and Astromeritis, which had disastrous consequences, the plans of the Ministry of Interior provide for expansion in their communities.
In a statement signed by the presidents of the two communities in Nicosia District, they say that the Interior Ministry is "targeting the residents" through plans to expand the barbed wire fence, while at the same time "taking a public position and saying that the flow of migrants and refugees to the free areas is a strategic plan of Turkey."
As the community leaders note, with the installation of barbed wire, the "3,000 residents are cut off from the free areas and practically trapped between the Turkish occupier and the Republic of Cyprus' barbed wire, with few escape routes". They also question whether the barbed wire already installed in other communities has had a positive effect on illegal migration and ask for statistics to prove that it has had a positive effect.
They add that "they will not accept that entire villages and families be cut off and deprived of free and direct passage to other free areas", noting that "what the Turkish occupier failed to achieve for half a century, the Ministry of Interior is attempting to impose. Interior overnight."
In conclusion, the community leaders of Deneia and Mammari note that their communities are opposed to the state's plans to encircle their villages, and they signal that they will not allow any project that endangers the residents, property and quality of life in their villages.
Source: KYPE
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