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The Home Office announces that the recent connection to the Schengen Information System (SIS) allows access to EU citizens' data for law enforcement purposes.
Access to the System enhances, among other things, the level of internal security of Cyprus, contributes to the fight against irregular migration, both in Cyprus and in the EU, facilitates the tracing of missing persons as well as third country nationals against whom a return decision has been issued.
It is clarified that access to the Information System is one of the milestones on the way to the full implementation of the Schengen acquis.
Therefore, the public is informed that controls at the internal borders with the other Schengen Member States have not been lifted for both citizens of the Republic of Cyprus and European citizens, as well as third country nationals. Until the accession of Cyprus to the Schengen area, Cyprus will continue, as before, to carry out checks on both arriving and departing passengers at all Border Crossing Points, on the basis of the Aliens and Immigration Law.
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