Incredible allegations were heard before the Ad Hoc Parliamentary Committee regarding the Pournara Reception Centre Pournara, with the community leader of Kokkinotrimithia describing the situation, even referring to drug trafficking, human trafficking, theft and rape.
Indeed, as reported in a previous Cyprus Times[/URL], a complaint of intent to mass murder pupils of the Gymnasium of Kokkinotrimithia was heard in the Ad Hoc Parliamentary Committee for the study of the demographic problem. The committee convened on Tuesday and examined the issue of demographic change in the Kokkinotrimithia area.
Linos Papagiannis, chairman of the committee, said there is a problem, but solutions are completely absent. "The immediate person responsible for solving the problems is none other than the government," he indicated, referring to moves that could be made by the relevant ministries, such as the immediate deportation of those who commit crimes.
In addition, Papagiannis said that the Commission received complaints about "heinous acts" committed "under the protection of the services." He also said that ELAM President Christos Christou has proposed as a solution the piloting of passports on condition that those who get them leave Cyprus the next day and go to another European country.
DISY MP Prodromos Alabritis noted that in recent years the Government and the Interior Minister have taken effective measures, such as the reduction of asylum applications from fake marriages and fake students, and the strengthening and speeding up of the procedures for examining asylum applications.
In addition, Mr. Alabritis stressed the need for better policing of the area, implementation of legislation, better surveillance of the Green Line. He also welcomed the government's announcement to hire 300 contract workers for better surveillance of the Green Line. Agreements should be sought - with the assistance of the EU - with African countries, especially for the return of those whose asylum applications have been rejected, and heavy penalties should be imposed on traffickers, he added.
DIKO MP Zacharias Koulias said that the residents of Kokkinotrimithia are experiencing a dramatic situation and that criminal offences are taking place in the area. "Residents are being forced to take the law into their own hands. The situation is out of control," he said.
"In Pournara there are 3,500 migrants instead of 600," Koulias noted, adding that the state is hypnotized. He further called for drastic and effective measures to be taken. "The government bears unmitigated responsibility for the situation. End asylum, because we have exceeded our limits," he concluded.
The community leader of Kokkinotrimithia, Christakis Meleties, said that the situation at the Pournara Reception Centre
has gone out of control and that complaints of thefts are made almost daily, destruction[/B] of property and crime,[/B] which has increased dramatically not only in the area, but also throughout Cyprus.
There is drug trafficking, human trafficking, theft, rape in Pournara, he noted, adding that the demography of the area has changed dramatically. "There are 3,500 immigrants, amounting to 50-60 percent," he pointed out. He also asked the government to drastically reduce the flow of migrants and for the Ministry of Interior to suspend the asylum process for six months, as was done in Greece and Poland, as well as to speed up legal deportations and impose an automatic penalty on traffickers.
Polis Polykarpou, President of the Parents and Guardians Association of the Kokkinotrimithia Regional High School, complained to the Committee that a school shooting (a mass shooting at the school using a gun) was prevented in November 2021 at that school, following information received by the school's management. In particular, he reported that a foreign student expressed to his classmates his intention to carry out this action. The school management was informed and in cooperation with the Police, investigations were carried out, which revealed that the student was in possession of a map of the school.
Kyriakos Kikas, representative of the Kokkinotrimithia residents' contact group, said that farmers in the area are considering whether to reseed their fields because their crops are being destroyed and their fields are filled with garbage. "We want security, equality and prosperity in our region."
Source: KYPE
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