The results of the returns of third country nationals to their countries of origin within 2022 have put Cyprus in the first place among EU member states, said Interior Minister Mr. Nikos Nouris, saying that Cyprus has taken credit as a model country in this area.
The Interior Minister, speaking at the 2nd Session of the European Commission's High Level Network on Returns organised in Cyprus, explained in remarks to journalists that "the European Commission has decided to set up this mechanism called the Returns Network."
Cyprus, he noted, was rated among the 27 member states as the model country on the issue of returns.
"The results we have recorded this year have enabled us to host this very important Returns Network Meeting in Cyprus, with the 7000 returns we have achieved within 2022", which, he said, "have put Cyprus in the first place among European member states".
The minister stressed that "this is extremely honourable for a country that is facing a huge problem on the issue of immigration", indicating that "this is also a response to those who might question the policies we have in place on immigration".
He expressed confidence that "the results of this Summit will precisely demonstrate the importance of our own policies, but of course we will also be able to inoculate the other 26 EU countries with our own practices, which have proven to be extremely effective".
He informed that "the delegates will visit, among other things, the Green Line tomorrow to see exactly the peculiarity that the Republic of Cyprus is facing, which is of course the crossings of the Green Line, which in a percentage of 95% feed us with illegal immigrants every day".
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