Thirty-one informal migrants arrived in the coastal area of Polis Chrysochous at dawn on Thursday. According to Paphos Assistant Police Director Michalis Ioannou, at 4:55am the Polis Chrysochous police station received a tip that there are persons, possibly informal migrants, in the coastal area of Natoura territory of Polis Chrysochous.
A patrol of the Polis Chrysochous police station went to the scene and located 31 persons, of which 15 men, 12 minor children and 4 women. All, he said, were taken to the Polis Chrysochous police station and the protocol for handling such cases was immediately put in place.
Also in cooperation with the asylum service, food and water were offered to the 31 irregular migrants, while an ambulance from the Polis Chrysochous Hospital arrived at the scene for any medical assistance.
A five-year-old boy was taken to Polis Chrysochous Hospital with pain in one of his arms, which was already in a cast. In addition, Ioannou said members of the Immigration and Immigration Service are in Gold City for routine interviews of informal immigrants.
With the help of an interpreter who is expected at the place statements will be taken from the Paphos Police Directorate to ascertain where they started from and what their route was until they came to the territory of the Republic.
Investigations are continuing from the Polis Chrysochous Police Station.
Source: CNA
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