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The first day of the Council of Justice Ministers of the European Union concluded today.
We mainly discussed security issues directly related to the Republic of Cyprus. We discussed issues of terrorism, we discussed issues of migratory flows, as well as the very important issue of the assistance that technology provides us in being able to be much more effective in protecting our borders.
As far as the Republic of Cyprus is concerned, the issue of migratory flows, which are constantly coming from Turkey, was raised very strongly on behalf of the Ministry of Justice and Public Order of the Republic of Cyprus. This is the great internal security issue of our country. It is somewhat special compared to the other Member States and it was stressed that this should be taken into account in the policy-making of Brussels. We said that precisely the sensitivity of the geopolitical position of the Republic of Cyprus in a volatile environment in the Eastern Mediterranean, as well as the fact that it is an occupied country, causes a high risk in the management of irregular migration and that is where the most important security issue we are facing at the moment comes from.
I must say that it is important that from 25 July 2023 the Republic of Cyprus will have access to the Schengen Information System and this will be an additional We have argued in favour of this position, that immediate measures should be taken in this direction and that the consequences for third countries that assist such flows should be immediate, more effective and much more serious than they are today.
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