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In new complaints about what is happening in Kokkinotrimithia[/B] and the wider area, due to the increased presence of migrants in the area, was made on Tuesday by the Community Mayor of Kokkinotrimithia, Christakis Meleties, who attended a meeting of the Ad Hoc Parliamentary Committee for the Study of the Demographic Problem, which re-discussed the issue of demographic change in Kokkinotrimithia.
During the meeting, serious incidents were reported, which according to the community leader of the area, are causing outrage among residents, who are suffering, and he stressed that the situation is worsening, although some state officials are trying to convince that it is getting better, saying they possess "tangible evidence".
Specifically, he said that traffickers are stationed in Kokkinotrimithia and transporting migrants to Purnara, while citing police figures, he noted that cocaine use has increased by 5,700% and that Purnara is full of drugs.
In addition, reports were heard from Meletiere that more than 1,500 foreigners were sleeping under trees, defecating in the open and throwing their garbage everywhere, with local residents, he said, "paying to have the foreigners' filth cleaned up."
He expressed the belief that "in ten years we will become a minority in Cyprus and the majority will be Muslims", noting that "if the government decided that we should become an African region, we do not accept it."
"They should take the foreigners to the Presidential Park, to the parks of Limassol and not leave them in the villages of the area. Foreigners are sleeping in the yards of houses and every now and then the police are called to chase them away. In Poland and Hungary they put up electric cables and prevent them from entering. Are they not members of the European Union? Government representatives should go to Kogo and arrange the transport of the foreigners and not wait from Brussels," said the Kokkinotrimithia Commune Chief.
He sounded the alarm, saying that this problem will ruin them and that the Government must find immediate solutions. Moreover, he said that they will proceed to protest at the Presidential Office and demand solutions from the President of the Republic.
The Chairman of the Ad Hoc Parliamentary Committee for the Study of the Demographic Problem, Linos Papagiannis, said that "unfortunately, the unanimous opinion of the community leaders of the area and those who represented the area is that the situation has not improved and in some cases it is even worse."
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The Chairman of the Ad Hoc Parliamentary Committee for the Study of the Demographic Problem, Linos Papagiannis, said that "unfortunately, the unanimous opinion of the community leaders of the area and those who represented the area is that the situation has not improved and in some cases it is even worse.
He again called on the government and the relevant departments to realize that there are areas that are currently not considered free areas, noting that he did not say this himself, but that the community leaders have mentioned it.
"We have to understand that there are areas that have no room to accept others, no room for our compatriots who live there."
"We have to understand that there are areas that have no room to accept others, no room for our compatriots who live there. Starting from Ayia Napa to Paphos we are losing areas every day and the state continues to whistle indifferently," he said.
He expressed the hope that in the near future some of the Commission's decisions will be adopted, because he does not see how else the problem will be solved.
DISY MP Prodromos Alabritis, in turn, welcomed the Interior Minister's actions at the EU Council of Interior Ministers and the declaration after the Council of Interior Ministers, which stressed the necessity of creating a burden-sharing mechanism with specific reference to Cyprus and the increased migratory flows it has to deal with.
He also said that since the last meeting of the Committee, some steps in the right direction had been taken by the police, noting that the number of police officers at Kokkinotrimithia Station and patrols had been increased.
In addition, he said that the number of migrants staying at the Centre has decreased, adding that efforts are being made on the part of the Government and the Minister in charge to address the increased problem of increased migratory flows.
He said that the recruitment of 300 contract workers for the surveillance of the green line, as well as for the installation of an electronic surveillance system, is in progress.
DIPA MP Alekos Tryfonidis said that his party is on the front line alongside and with the residents of the area and supports their struggle for security and prosperity.
At the same time, Mr. Tryfonidis said, they have submitted a series of proposals for the creation of modern accommodation structures, which will offer decent living conditions for refugees and provide security for minors and unaccompanied children.
At the same time, he called for the immediate activation of all the mechanisms of the Republic, in order to have the necessary control of the identification and immediate repatriation of all asylum seekers who do not meet the required criteria.
Source: KYPE
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