A number of decisions were taken at today's meeting of officials under the Minister of Interior, Nikos Nouris, on the management of Ukrainian refugees in Cyprus. The decisions on the management of these refugees will go through the upcoming meeting of the Council of Ministers.
In his statements after the meeting, Mr. Nouris announced that "Cyprus fully complies with the European Directive and today we have an enlarged team of ministers and technocrats here to study the very specific issues related to the necessity of our compliance with the Directive."
Specifically, the first concerns the procedures for the registration of Ukrainians in our country in order to grant them international protection, the second concerns the issues of housing and social protection, the third concerns access to work, health care and the issue of education.
According to Mr. Nouris, it has been decided to issue a specific VISA card which they will be able to obtain:
-The 6024 Ukrainians who have arrived in the Republic of Cyprus after February 24
-The 2300 Ukrainians who are already in Cyprus and are here as tourists or for some other reasons and are stranded in our country
. Nouris.
He explained that "all the arrangements have been made and there will be announcements with an electronic posting on the website of the Ministry of Interior, the asylum service, where these Ukrainians will be able to register, who will be approved electronically the same day by the Ministry of Interior for the specific permit and from there they will have to proceed to the provincial levels of the Aliens and Immigration Service to obtain biometric data, so that they will be issued a plastic card that will last up to 12 months (March 2023), as per the European directive.
"This card will grant them all rights both in terms of health care and employment and in terms of benefits or housing," he added.
Nouris also said that the Ministry of Tourism has already reserved a number of around 3,000 rooms to be able to welcome these people. There will be coordination with the relevant Deputy Ministry of Welfare to direct according to the physiognomy of the family to these accommodations and of course the Deputy Ministry will announce how the subsidy policy will work, which will be submitted for approval to the coming Council of Ministers."
"The right to work remains and is given to everyone without exception in the presence of this card," the Interior Minister stressed."
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