Germany's solidarity with Cyprus on the migration issue, was conveyed to President Nicos Anastasiades by the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, who, during their recent meeting in Berlin, expressed his country's intention to receive 500 asylum seekers from Cyprus.
The President of the Republic briefed the German Chancellor on the situation of the migration problem facing Cyprus, asking for the EU's help.
According to information from the Cyprus News Agency, President Anastasiades during the meeting with Mr. In his meeting with Solts, President Anastasiades did not stop at verbal reports on the situation of the problem, but handed the German Chancellor a file with data,[/B] which, on the one hand, substantiates Cyprus' position and, on the other hand, proves that Turkey is instrumentalising the migration issue.
The same reports state that Chancellor Scholz described the migration issue as a European problem and offered direct German solidarity, with Germany taking in 500 asylum seekers from Cyprus.
Both President Anastasiades and the Chancellor reportedly condemned the instrumentalization of the refugee issue by Turkey, which Solts asked, as he said at a joint press conference with President Anastasiades, to abide by the agreement with the EU, for which he said there was no better alternative.
At the meeting, President Anastasiades stressed the need for the EU to take effective measures to prevent the instrumentalisation of the migration issue, both by Turkey and by any third country that exploits human suffering in an attempt to gain alien political benefits.
Increased migration flows have made the Republic of Cyprus by far the first EU member state in terms of the number of applications for political asylum in relation to population, since in the first ten months of 2022 the number of applications exceeded 18,000.
The burning issue of migration is among the government's priorities, government sources said, noting that all measures taken are towards halting the increased migrant flows.
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