Filenews 27 April 2022 - by Michalis Hadjivasilis
She was declared missing by a family in the community of Odos in the Larnaca district and finally, after the efforts of the Police, she was identified at the border between North Macedonia and Greece.
This is an example of where a person declared in Cyprus as missing can go in a few days. A 26-year-old domestic worker from Nepal who worked at a house in Odos was reported on April 13 by her employer to the Police as missing. Despite the actions it was not possible to locate, nor did she appear to have departed from any airport in the Republic. Despite the impasse in the investigations here, the Police contacted Interpol by sharing their details, so that in case she was detected in a country, the Cypriot authorities would be informed.
Ten days later, on April 23rd, Interpol informed the Cypriot authorities that the 26-year-old Nepalese had been arrested in an attempt to illegally cross the border between North Macedonia and Greece. It appeared that she fled through the occupied territories to Turkey and from there she went to Skopje, where she then tried to enter Thessaloniki without having the necessary documents and as a result she was arrested for illegal entry into Greece. This case is an example of where a person declared in Cyprus as missing can go, without of course there being exceptions where a criminal act may be behind the disappearances.
The Police have drawn up a protocol for the actions to be taken in case of people who are declared missing, both for children and adults. In this particular case with the 26-year-old from Nepal, all protocols were followed so it was identified, since there was an immediate response from Interpol.
Regarding the 11 missing unaccompanied children missing from Pournara from 2019 until today, efforts to determine their fate continue, but they are difficult to identify, especially if they left with a passport with another name.
